Customer Reviews Of Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4 SB0610 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card

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Customer Reviews for Creative Sound Blaster Audigy 4 SB0610 7.1 Channels 24-bit 192KHz PCI Interface Sound Card - Retail
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Steve Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year	1/27/2007 12:38:40 AM Worst drivers ofthe year award Pros: Sounds great (at first) EAX support is good Cons: drivers are the worst thing imaginable Other Thoughts: Simply put, the drivers stop working very soon after installation. At first I thought it was because my system was having a lot of other problems, so I waited until I finished re-formatting and re-installing WindowsXP. Tried again, things sounded great. For about a week. Then I got horrible static during games, sound popped in and out, got more silence than sound. Updated drivers don't use the remote as far as I can tell, and didn't help the situation any. Didn't buy this product from NewEgg, but I'm extremely disappointed I spent money on this junk. Overall- sounds good, but only if you like re-installing Windows and drivers every couple of days. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Asher Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	1/21/2007 9:41:11 PM does its job Pros: great sound, huge upgrade from onboard audio. looks great. Cons: pretty large in size, i didn't buy the Xfi Other Thoughts: nice sound, heard things in games i hadn't ever heard before...i'd buy it again, but i really don't see the point in spending the extra money on the xfi... Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
pete Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	1/19/2007 6:00:55 AM get another card Pros: soun quality is great, if you get it to work. Cons: horrible software ultra problematic, 64 voices,not 128 Other Thoughts: try other one Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
pete Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	1/13/2007 12:18:08 AM too many problems with drivers Pros: hi, i get this sound card a month ago and i can tell you that eax is great, and it is much better than onboard audio, because of the sound and because that it gives you some more frames per second than with the onboard audio while playing games remote controller is good but not perfect ,if you want to lay back an listen yo music without the need of being sitting in front of your computer forever. Cons: the only problem with this card is that te drivers are very very bad, it is not hard to install but it is hard to set the back speakers (7.1 setup) to play the way it should,(you habe to play with the volume control too much in order to get it to sound the way you like, trustme youll habe a lot of trouble getting everything to work the way it should. Other Thoughts: if you dont care to be using it without having all the features working youll be allright, and the sound Quality is exelent, but you must make it to work. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	1/11/2007 8:40:03 PM Review below me Pros: GREAT Cons: none Other Thoughts: cmacefe, to your response about the dx9 card needed for the remote to function is totally false. video cards have nothing to do with the remotes functionality. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
cmacefe Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	1/4/2007 3:39:52 PM Nice card Pros: Very good price , Once installed and working properly have had no problems. Cons: dificult to install and the software is a little tricky at first. Other Thoughts: to use the remote feature you need to be sure you have a Direct X9 video card or it will not function. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
crotan Tech Level: average Ownership: 1 day to 1 week	1/3/2007 12:04:17 PM Ok Pros: Much Better than onboard sound Cons: No increase what so ever from an aged, atleast 3 year old soundblaster live card taken from a dell Other Thoughts: im sure its a great card if i would have upgraded from my onboard audio but i have never used onboard audio, and was disapointed to find it to have no better quality than a 3 year old sound blaster live card, only difference is this cards main processor chip was bigger and had a new name slapped on it with less connections than my old one 2 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
sapincher Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 day to 1 week This user purchased this item from Newegg	12/28/2006 7:41:54 PM Ugh... Pros: Ok, it um, it handles high audio quality setting on battlefield 2. Cons: software and drivers included are really bad, i have to reinstall them every time I reboot my computer, and in order to reinstall, you have to reboot once to clear the old, now-defective drivers, and then boot again after I install. So if I ever want to turn off my computer and then listen to music, I have to go through a tedious hour long process of rebooting and installing. The remote is dumb as well; it only works with Creative's Something Something who-cares media player software. Winamp? Psssh. Who cares. I'm very sorry I ever bought this card. I am probably going to return it if I don't fix the reboot problem. Other Thoughts: First negative review. Felt very strongly against this product. 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Dax Windu Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	12/23/2006 7:57:15 PM Superb! Pros: Excellent MP3 sound, game and everithing else. Buy it! Cons: None Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
ThisIsSpinalTap Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 day to 1 week This user purchased this item from Newegg	12/23/2006 7:38:49 AM This goes up to 11! Pros: Upgraded from abit's onboard sound to this monster. The difference is immediate, everything is louder, crisper. At first glance, the remote seems useless, but it looks like the remote seems to be the only way to change CMSS's environment without causing it to crash. It also increased my framerate in gaming. Woot. Cons: None, really....It came with an AOL disc, i guess that's a con. I wish the CMSS interface wouldn't lock up the program, but once i've changed it over to the right environment i don't think ill be changing it again. Other Thoughts: The remote doesn't work so well with programs like iTunes or winamp...but who cares Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Jordan Tech Level: somewhat low Ownership: 1 day to 1 week This user purchased this item from Newegg	12/15/2006 12:03:05 PM Awesome Pros: Knowing a lot about computers but not anything about sound cards, I've always thought that a "sound card is just a sound card" and it doesn't matter what kind I have. Boy, was I wrong. This card has significantly made my music and movies better on my computer. I'm very happy with my purchase. Cons: None that I see. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
bagwa bill Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	12/9/2006 5:41:01 PM Great sound Pros: Rich and full sound. HUGE difference from onboard sound. Surround works great for gaming. Cons: none really. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
spazzzzzz Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	12/6/2006 6:31:59 PM Well worth the buy. Pros: The remote is great. The entertainment center software is pretty cool. I can lay down in bed and watch movies and mature content. The remote makes that very easy. Oh, and sound is awesome. When grenades blow up in front of me, i lag. Come to find out, it was the onboard sound. This card fixed it. Cons: The ES software isnt set up the greatest. Still cool. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Domini Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 day to 1 week This user purchased this item from Newegg	12/3/2006 9:42:07 AM Pros: Excellent product,i am very pleased with this purchase. music,games,movies sound loads better then my onboard ac97.I love the EAX advanced hd. Cons: NONE AT ALL!!! GREAT PRODUCT Other Thoughts: i would recommend using high end speakers or older ones will make some popping noises. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Deathboy Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	12/2/2006 12:41:03 AM Good for the money, but i still havent gotten my mail in rebate ! Pros: Fantastic deal for the money. You can literally hear everything. Cons: The new software from creative is somewhat limited, you only get bass and treble control. Other Thoughts: This card is really worth the money, aside from the fact that creative removed all the cool featrues you get with the other cards mainly the graphic eq and the ability to use it during gameplay. otherwise this cards has dramatically improved my cs 1.6 gaming performance, i can hear everyone before i see them. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
D Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year	12/1/2006 10:55:27 PM you will never beat audigy Pros: Its Audigy 'Nuff Said Cons: Never Other Thoughts: I started on my system build a while ago and left the sound card to spare a one shot out pour I didnt get it till later I worried that my logitech speakers had and issue but thought maybe the on board was the culprit and the spectacular deal couple with newegg's supreme customer 1st policy wins all the way round you the man newegg Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Brad Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year	11/30/2006 9:28:31 AM Not For Professional Use Pros: Cheap Cons: Software not tested well enough. Bugs caused irrevocable system failure to our video editor (others have reported the same, online). I had to reinstall Windows XP as a result. Other Thoughts: Creative also markets the Cambridge Soundworks, and that is worth every penny!! Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Travis Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	11/19/2006 3:03:42 PM Easy to use and install! Pros: Helped performance on games a lot. I couldn't understand how my games were performing so choppy even with my SLI system, a friend recommended I stop using onboard audio and switch to a sound card and now my games run fine! Plus the EAX capability of this card adds a lot to the games that I never knew I was missing! Also included Creative Entertainment Center is an easy to use beginner's media center. Cons: With my SLI set up one of my PCI slots is covered by the second GPU so I had to ditch my wireless PCI card to install the sound card, but performance-wise I have not noticed a single flaw. Just remember to follow the installation instructions carefully to avoid driver conflicts. Other Thoughts: Installation was as easy as it gets for a PCI card. Buying this card was an easy, effective way to enhance the performance of my PC, and I recommend trying this if you can't figure out where the bottleneck on your PC is. 0 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
LightsOut Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	11/8/2006 9:32:11 AM Worth Your Money Pros: I upgraded from onboard sound and I wish I could have done it sooner. Huge upgrade compare to onboard sound. Also play CSS, CS 1.6, FEAR and BF2142 and occasionally play music. I get better FPS on games, and I can heard my enemies miles away in CSS and CS 1.6. Cons: None so far. Other Thoughts: For the price, this sound card worth every pennies of it. If you're on a budget and want better sound, buy this card. 5 out of 5 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
badun Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	11/1/2006 7:38:53 PM Excellent upgrade! Pros: Reasonably priced. Easy installation with downloaded Creative drivers (no bloat). Excellent sound, greatly superior to on-board. Cons: The remote is just a gimmick. I have no use for it. Other Thoughts: I've used the on-board sound for my past 4 motherboards and was reasonably pleased with the output. My Asus A8N32-SLI, however, has always been problematic. The sound was so-so through my old Altec Lansing 2.1's and even worse was buggy in games and subject to interference in Windows mode. I could never get the sound to work properly with my new Logitech 5.1's, so I upgraded to the Audigy 4. Zero bugs, greatly improved sound, and no setup issues. Money well spent! 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Jackflash Tech Level: average Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	10/29/2006 10:30:51 AM Good Sound Pros: Much better than the on-board sound or Turtle Beach that I previously used. Cons: I only use it at 2.1 so I can't comment on all its' capabilities. Other Thoughts: The installations was very easy in Windows XP, but the user manual leaves a lot to be desired in how to set up all the options. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Surefire Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 day to 1 week This user purchased this item from Newegg	10/28/2006 8:04:35 PM Better FPS Pros: Got this card a few days ago and really like it. All games sound better and you can pick out more sounds now. EX: Crickets, birds and waves. I also did a few timedemo's in Half Life 2. I noticed, on average, bout 3-5 FPS more from this card to my onboard sound on my DFI Lanparty Ultra D. A very good card for the price. The remote is kinda handy too. Cons: My only con is that i had to argue with the wife to get it:) Other Thoughts: Newegg is unbelievable, i orderd this and got it in 2 days, and was not suppose to have it for 3 days. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Lynxis Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 day to 1 week This user purchased this item from Newegg	10/23/2006 7:06:20 AM Nothing Special Pros: It works. Cons: Cant tell any difference between my 5 year old SB Live 5.1. No upgrade whatsoever in my opinion. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	10/21/2006 2:21:29 AM Pros: i thought onboard was ok, but this sounds great. decently priced Cons: sound pops sometimes which is kind of annoying, some games seem to randomly freeze up a few secs since ive installed it... Other Thoughts: im still glad i bought it, so much better than onboard sound Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Nate Tech Level: average Ownership: 1 month to 1 year	10/17/2006 4:53:16 PM Pros: The sound quality w/ this card is by far superior to onboard any onboard sound I've ever heard. There is definatley a noticable difference. Download the newest drivers from Creative's website ASAP it's always a good idea to visit the site before installing the card and putting the drivers and a cd or jump drive in case the system crashes and you can't get there. Cons: So far I have none...other then the anticipation it was causing me waiting to get the card. (I'm cheap and always go cheapest shipping) Other Thoughts: Definately worth the money if upgrading from onboard sound. Inexpenive alternative to the X-fi series of cards. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
jfs Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month	10/17/2006 5:53:19 AM Works Great in Linux Pros: Using Suse 10.0, 10.2A5 works and installs perfect. Cons: NA Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
mr_selfdestruct13 Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 day to 1 week This user purchased this item from Newegg	10/14/2006 1:10:28 AM great buy Pros: Huge improvement over onboard audio (obviously), easy to install, software (so far) not buggy what so ever, runs 95% videos fine, easy to use interface. awesome price. Cons: Wish the remote was a little more open ended as far as applications go. I had an Audigy 2 platinum and its remote worked with several other programs. Remote still handy and inexpensive though. Other Thoughts: As far as price goes and getting a remote to use for movies and pictures and music, you can't beat the price. Plus, it doesn't take up any 5"1/4 bays if you're using all of them. Way to go newegg! Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
IPCONFIG Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year	10/13/2006 1:10:30 PM great card, not so great drivers!!! Pros: Sounds great with my sennheiser headset, remote is a good feature. it is really a step up from built-in. that is, if you can get it to work!! Cons: Drivers!!!! first I bought a SB audigy SE, I installed the card and drivers but the drivers didn't wanna install for some reason. so i got me an SB audigy 4 thinking it was the card. Same issue with windows rejecting drivers. I finally got the drivers installed AFTER I REINSTALLED WINDOWS XP PRO!!!!! Other Thoughts: I went to a lap party which was sponsored by creative, I talked to the creative reps about this issue and they kept defending theirselves saying "the latest drivers should install". I tried the latest drivers before I had to reinstall. 0 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month	10/5/2006 6:25:17 PM it's a creative... Pros: its the only gaming sound card company. Cheaper than an x-fi. Cons: Creative should give p on their proprietary front panel connectors... 0 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Blickerfit Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	10/4/2006 9:59:31 AM Great sound, horrible software. Pros: For starters, this card sounds fabulous, and even makes a lot of difference with cheap speakers (logitech X-530's). I compare this one's sound to an old audigy card in my other computer, and there is a definite performance difference. Cons: Simply put, the software package. It is awful. I installed the full package, set up the remote and started playing around with my new toy, and then tried to run Fable. It crashed without fail on startup, even after re-installing the game. Went online, downloaded the newest drivers from Creative's site, installed them. and Fable started right up without a hitch. Unfortunately, the software package from online apparently does not support the remote control, so now I'll just have to use that as a paperweight.... Other Thoughts: DO NOT buy this because of the remote... I chose this over a card with similar features because of the remote, and am dissapointed with the functionality (or lack of). Creative really needs better software, because the package that comes with this is awful. This card would get five eggs if the software actually worked the way it should. 4 out of 4 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A Tech Level: average Ownership: 1 week to 1 month	9/30/2006 6:41:47 PM Excellent! Pros: Great card. No crackling, snappling, poppling. Nice features in the Audio Console. It's not a long card. The remote was a cool idea... Cons: However, the remote only works with the included software :( Other Thoughts: This is a great card. I can't compare it to an Audigy 2ZS cuz i don't have that card, but i did choose this over that one. EAX 4.0 sounds pretty cool in games that support it. I upgraded from a Live! 24-bit. The difference in sound quality isn't that big, but the Live! didn't support EAX 4.0. After i got this card, the snappling i had with my Live! was gone. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Bill Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 day to 1 week	9/28/2006 8:40:05 PM Very nice card Pros: Sounds incredible. Good price. Pair this card with good speakers and you will be blown away. Cons: None. Other Thoughts: Be sure to get updated drivers from Creative's website. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Jim Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	9/26/2006 5:34:38 AM Excellent Pros: Excellent card for it's price, Creative labs makes excellent products. I've owned the card for two months now and it runs perfect, has excellent software menu's as well. Cons: none. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	9/23/2006 12:17:58 AM Sweet to the ear's Pros: great sound card for the money work's great 7.1 system would buy again Cons: none 0 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Time2Die Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	9/21/2006 9:30:38 PM Why go X-Fi? Pros: CRYSTAL CLEAR EAX ADVANCED HD 4.0 ZOMG! It's got a REMOTE! Oh yeah, the 24-bit Creative sticker looks kewl! Okay, speaking generally here, but using BF2 as an example. I had onboard before, and I kept complaining because all the game sounds (on top of Ventrilo) sounded all 'cluttered'. Got this, and you can here every sound individually it seems. Not to mention EAX 4.0 = More realism in games. Cons: Nothing tells you what that 10-pin connector is for (Still dont know) Mute button on remote doesn't work on Wife, Mother, Sister, or other women. It's not X-fi, it doesnt have EAX 5.0, its own RAM, or provide as huge preformance increase. However, it does noticebly improve preformance on my machine. See Below. Other Thoughts: I'm on a Ath64 3500+, 512x2 DC'd PC3200 OCZ RAM, Sapphire x850XT PCI-x rig, and with most settings on low I manage around 70-90FPS, but was finding myself with frequent sudden spikes in FPS-loss, but the Audigy 4 fixed that. Your onboard sound is probably at best EAX 2.0, which isn't HD, meaning it only does 64 channels. EAX 3.0 and up are 128chans. Major improvement. Remote is fun to play with too. Why buy over Aud2? Because 4 has better digital features. Its fun. 3 out of 4 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year	9/20/2006 7:25:40 AM not worth the money or trouble Pros: better drivers and stability than the Audigy 2 ZS, low processor overhead, good sound Cons: surround sound doesn't work properly in many of the games I play, drivers that came with the card badly outdated, updating the drivers very troublesome, processor overhead of the software with it is very heavy, very infrequent updates for the drivers, still far too many problems for as old as this card is Other Thoughts: Creative is the worst for support. they have 6-8 months between driver revisions most of the time, if they update them at all. They obviously don't test the drivers. the software with this card causes problems with half the anti-virus programs out there: Norton, BitDefender, and Kapersky are the 3 I tried and failed. It disables the anti-virus program during boot and won't let it enable for at least 5 minutes after boot, prompting Windows to go into a hissy fit about not having anti-virus software going. They refuse to even acknowledge that this problem even happens, let alone fix it, while the anti-virus makers totally acknowledge the problem and say the only way to fix it is to remove the Creative software. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year	9/19/2006 5:14:08 PM not worth the money or trouble Pros: better drivers and stability than the Audigy 2 ZS, low processor overhead, good sound Cons: surround sound doesn't work properly in many of the games I play, drivers that came with the card badly outdated, updating the drivers very troublesome, processor overhead of the software with it is very heavy, very infrequent updates for the drivers, still far too many problems for as old as this card is Other Thoughts: Creative is the worst for support. they have 6-8 months between driver revisions most of the time, if they update them at all. They obviously don't test the drivers. the software with this card causes problems with half the anti-virus programs out there: Norton, BitDefender, and Kapersky are the 3 I tried and failed. It disables the anti-virus program during boot and won't let it enable for at least 5 minutes after boot, prompting Windows to go into a hissy fit about not having anti-virus software going. They refuse to even acknowledge that this problem even happens, let alone fix it, while the anti-virus makers totally acknowledge the problem and say the only way to fix it is to remove the Creative software. 3 out of 4 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
pocketjazzy Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	9/19/2006 3:11:54 PM AWSOME, no more crash to desktops! Pros: no more crashing to desktop while using onboard sound! teamspeak, and battlefield 2, and music at the same time without crashing or freezing anything. i only have a 2.1 speaker system from logitech, and i already hear much crisper in game sounds, and EAX HD 4 isnt the latest (5 is) but all the games that it supports rock! Cons: maybe its just me, but the pcb they used for this card is pretty flimsy in the pci slot. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
wexol Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 month to 1 year	9/19/2006 7:27:59 AM much needed upgrade Pros: Great sound, though wish i had better spearkers to fully enjoy it. Cons: Software is a bit bloated, but some of the features are kinda neat, like the remote. Other Thoughts: excellent replacement for the onboard sound that started to go out after only 9 months of use. also helps free up a little cpu load to improve frame rates a tad. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
creppingdeath Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	9/17/2006 9:14:37 AM Card works Great Pros: The sound quality is outstanding Cons: The stupid usb remote device does not work windows tells me it has malfuctioned and will not work Other Thoughts: Don’t feel like RMAing it because I don’t want to waste my time or money on something I probably wont use any way I just wanted the card Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
MrRuslan Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	9/15/2006 8:43:36 AM Sounds Great Pros: Sounds great and the remote along with the software is cool. The Price is right Cons: The software is very bloated. Other Thoughts: I love creative sound cards but I can't stand the software. 1 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Karl_Hufman Tech Level: average Ownership: 1 month to 1 year	9/9/2006 8:47:52 PM Good Card Pros: Met all expectations. I bought it because the playback in Finale 06 was of very poor quality with the intergrated sound. I was using the speakers from my home theater system which cost half as much as my computer, so the quality should have been better. This card made playback perfect. Cons: I would rather have 2 good RCA plugs than all the multichannel inputs, but that's just me. Had to buy an adpater. Other Thoughts: I dont know how this compares to others in the price range, but for me it has worked flawlessly. 0 out of 1 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Flash Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	8/30/2006 9:05:59 AM Stunning Quality Pros: Setup is simple and easy. Just pop in the card, and install the software. The website is also well designed and new drivers are extremely easy to find. There are tons of helpful tools such as bass boost, and recording. I play CSS, and Battlefield 2, and they sound incredible. I never hear a stutter with EAX enabled and sound quality set to its highest. Music is a whole new experience for me. As soon as I installed this, I listened to music for hours on end. Cons: Tiny bit of crackling in some music, but my speakers aren't that good. I can't imagine what this would sound like with better speakers. It seems like Final Fantasy 7 became uncompatible after I installed this card even with the XP patch. Other Thoughts: Be careful installing in an XPS400 computer. The thing that holds the PCI cards down touches this, due to its height. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	8/29/2006 9:40:22 PM Good card for the money Pros: Decent price expecially with the rebate i got. Really nice sound, best sound yet ive had on my 6.1 speakers attached to my computer via a reciever. Remote Control included. Lots of sound formats available, its just an overall decent card. Cons: Digital I/O port and no coaxial or optical outs. Save yourself the headache and pick up the 1/8th inch mono plug-to-RCA SPDIF converter if your using a reciever. I messed with this thing for almost a week until i got the stupid four dollar cable at radio shizzack that fixed the problem. no cables in the box other than remote and its device. Other Thoughts: Make sure you have what you need to connect this card to your speaker setup cause it comes with no cables at all. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
GN Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 day to 1 week This user purchased this item from Newegg	8/28/2006 11:52:02 AM The BEST sound card for less than a 'benjamin'! Pros: Provides probably the best sound available for the price range. No problems whatsoever and the sound is just awesome. Drivers are great but came with bundled software, which was easily dealt with. Cons: None Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
lonls Tech Level: high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month	8/27/2006 5:36:24 PM OK... Pros: Sounds great... Cons: Does not play well with MS Vista beta 2. This (annd all CL cards) does not have a universal connector to connect to the front pannel audio jacks on most cases. I think CL wants people to buy their expensive interfaces. This almost kept me from buying this card. I guess I'll just have to use the headphone jack on my speakers... Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Capricous Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month This user purchased this item from Newegg	8/27/2006 2:58:31 AM Fantastic Pros: Fantastic Drivers/Software, Great Quality Sound. My drivers crashed when I first installed from CD but I quick patch from the website and I've been running great ever since! Best bang/$$$ card available. DVD-like Remote Control Cons: It installed a bunch of stuff I didn't want .. CD Burner, MP3 organizer, and some other stuff that I have no use for. The problem was that they were eating up my CPU (in the background) while I was playing games so I had to remove a few of registry keys from startup. No big deal. Other Thoughts: Absolute best soundcard you can get, ESPECIALLY if you use headphones. X-fi doesn't sound any better than this card if you use headphones. If you don't believe me, feel free to do some research. 3 out of 3 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
Walby Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 day to 1 week This user purchased this item from Newegg	8/23/2006 11:29:29 AM sweeeet! Pros: awesome, audigy cards are the only way to go. my old card, audigy 2 died and i had to resort to on-board sound while waiting for my new card...made me very sad waiting for the new card! Cons: the bundled AOL software, and all the bloatware that installs along with the drivers...use of winpatrol kept the extra stuff out of the way. Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
N/A Tech Level: high Ownership: more than 1 year This user purchased this item from Newegg	8/9/2006 10:19:57 PM great fans that's cool Pros: great buy Cons: none Other Thoughts: color of fan little diffrence but still nice 0 out of 4 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
moose Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: more than 1 year	8/8/2006 5:48:50 PM Best of the Audigy class SBs'. Pros: Have had mine for over a year now,no problems of any sort at all. Lives up to the claims on the box.Can't ask for more than that. Just a Great Basic SoundBlaster. Games are Made with SoundBlasters in mind! DVD movie sound is awsome with good speakers&subwoofer. The "record what you hear" feature is awsome! Bit of a learnig curve with the software,but once you figure it out, the software has some really cool stuff. Best of the Audigy series. Would buy again. Cons: No complaints,,can't think of any. Ok,here is one,,It's the Last of the Mohicans,errr, I mean Audigy series, Other Thoughts: This card is the BEST low cost alternative to the X-Fi there is. 'nuff said? Be sure to check creatives web site for the latest and greatest drivers&stuff. 2 out of 2 people found this review helpful. Did you? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!
alex Tech Level: somewhat high Ownership: 1 week to 1 month	8/8/2006 3:05:33 PM Great card Pros: Great card. Replaced my old card (the sound blaster live) with logitech z5300e speakers. Imporved the sound incredibly i couldnt believe it. It also supports every feature you could ever want in a sound card. the price was also great. Cons: nothing yet Other Thoughts: buy this crad with the z5300 or z5500 logitech speakers great pairs Did you find this review helpful? Thanks for the valuable feedback you provided!