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- willg
- Tech Level: high
- Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
- This user purchased this item from Newegg
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8/1/2008 9:31:04 PM
works awesome
Pros: Had crackling problems with an old card and cutting sounds in and out in some games, Mostly San Andreas.
Cons: none, installed painlessly
Other Thoughts: why is there a crudload of applications??
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- nonya
- Tech Level: high
- Ownership: more than 1 year
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2/8/2007 4:26:08 PM
Vista owners Beware!
Pros: Great when used with XP or lower
Very good sound reproduction with hardware acceleration
Cons: If you own vista you won't get nothing more out of this card than a 1980's FM radio for sound.
Creative isn't supporting this product like they should have by now..instead they are trying to patch a problem with ALchemy which the common computer user will never be able to figure out without a slid ruler.
Other Thoughts: Creative is losing its touch for support.. if only there were other cards that did better.
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- ryanr05
- Tech Level: high
- Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
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9/4/2006 8:26:53 AM
very nice sound
Pros: very nice card. works well with my 5.1 surround sound system. delivers crystal clear sound, very powerful subwoofer.
Cons: be careful what kind of power supply you have for this! the one that i have is very sensitive, and even the slightest touch on the power cord with cause the sound to stop coming through... its very odd as a matter of fact.
Other Thoughts: i wish this problem could be fixed, although it may be entirely the power supply's fault. but good shipping newegg! you rock!
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- Cookie
- Tech Level: average
- Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
- This user purchased this item from Newegg
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8/26/2006 11:47:17 AM
Pros: Once I understood how to install a sound card which I had never done before everything went great. It makes my Creative Speakers sound great.
Cons: Why is so many apps included?
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- N/A
- Tech Level: somewhat high
- Ownership: 1 week to 1 month
- This user purchased this item from Newegg
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8/18/2006 2:20:01 PM
Great card but more than I need
Pros: Absolutly wonderfully. Comes packed with features and software. No problems what so ever.
Cons: None. It worked great.
Other Thoughts: I realized after buying this card that I didn't really need the difference. I hooked up my speakers to the onboard audio on my Mobo and it sounded exactly the same. My advice: unless you have the money to spend, are a dedicated gamer, or you got very good speakers, don't waste your money buying this.
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- Scary
- Tech Level: somewhat high
- Ownership: 1 day to 1 week
- This user purchased this item from Newegg
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8/5/2006 10:25:01 AM
ooh sweet and sexy sounds
Pros: i replaced my busted realtek ac97 that made random snack crackle pop sounds at times and now its all perfect..
sounds are now so much better especially while gaming..battlefield 2 and COD2 have never sounded this good..i can hear sounds ive neevr heard before like enviroment and stuff like that
Cons: none, just that i had to wait through the weekend because i ordered friday when i got my paycheck
Other Thoughts: i wonder if the X-FI will be a worthy upgrade since i got this now, anyone think so or should i wait?
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- Sonu
- Tech Level: high
- Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
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7/24/2006 3:41:56 PM
Simply Amazing!
Pros: Great sound card, it sounds the same as the audigy 2 zs that my friend has across the street. I bought this sound card at Office Depot, I just went there to look at graphics cards and this and it was only 17 dollars so i bought it. It came with Splinter Cell for free and the drivers it came with worked perfectly. If you play games where sound matters like counter-strike, do NOT play without calibrating the speakers, it sounds soo weird without calibrating it.
Cons: The presets for the equalizer are bad! Make your own and make it look like -._.- and it will sound great!
Other Thoughts: I dont use the EAX HD console so i cant say anything about that, dont waste more money on a ZS this one sounds the same.
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- Morphemes
- Tech Level: somewhat high
- Ownership: more than 1 year
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7/14/2006 5:40:25 PM
Can't go wrong
Pros: It's a sound card! Not just a bunch of line-ins & outs.
Cons: It is black... Only black, woe is me! Not an X-fi...
Other Thoughts: Don't waste money on the cheepest soundcard, get this one. Or just stay with onboard sound.
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- elliott
- Tech Level: somewhat high
- Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
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1/29/2006 8:17:08 PM
Love this thing
Pros: Very impressive, the improvement over my onboard sound on my Philips MMX430's, which sounded like cardboard before.
Cons: Just wish it had an onboard IEEE1394 connector to connect to my frontal port on my case...
Other Thoughts: One thing I noticed was that all the software that came with the card was quite nice. Never had any of the problems that other reviewers had. Plus, it came with Splinter Cell for free!
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- Tech Level: somewhat high
- Ownership: 1 month to 1 year
- This user purchased this item from Newegg
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1/29/2006 10:15:24 AM
Pros: Way better than onboard audio, crystal clear as soon as all the drivers were installed. a great buy and i highly recommend anyone who wants a good sound card for a good price buy this.
Cons: None
Other Thoughts: As others have said that there were problems with the disk and they had some tech problems, i have not encountered these. i tried everything on the installation disk, and eveything is working perfectly. Im very happy with my purchase. thanks newegg.
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