Pros: Purchased 2 of these. 1 for a pc that needed a replacement and 1 for a backup. Both worked flawlessly upon receiving. Be advised that Creative DOES NOT support or provide Drivers for ANY operating system newer than Windows 7 for this product. It does work just fine for Windows 7, Windows XP, and Vista. The Drivers are available for Windows 7 from Creatives web site and contrary to other reviewers, does work just fine.

Cons: Packaging: Should be stated in the description that the ONLY things included is the Sound Card and an Original Creative Drivers CD that support Operating Systems up to Windows XP. For Windows 7, you will have to go to Creatives Support Web Site to download.

Overall Review: PCI interface. Most Newer motherboards don't have PCI slots. So make sure the motherboard you are going to install this to has a PCI slot.

Pros: I went from the 24bit Live card to this and the difference is definitely noticable. The gunfire and atmosphere sounds in BF2 are crisp and clear. Great Card, I would highly recommend it!

Cons: None so far...

Pros: Picked this card up in 2005, it still sounds great. Its been in and out of use over the years, but I reinstalled it maybe six months ago. Once I found some good Windows 7 64 bit drivers I was off and running. Ripping some old music CDs to my NAS never sounded better. Well worth the money to snag one cheap on the Bay

Cons: 9 years of ownership....none

Pros: HARDWARE Decoder, NOT Software. THX Certified AWESOME Sound Easy Install Sturdy construction Black and Gold (Go Steelers!)

Cons: It doesn't do X-Fi, but I really don't care. It sounds so good that you won't care either, or else you shouldn't be looking in this price range. Drivers included on the CD are old, just do what I did. Throw the CD out and download them from creative labs.

Overall Review: I had onboard audio. It wasn't bad onboard either, Asus P5AD2E-Premium. So I was pretty happy with my sound. But lately I started looking at Audigy cards that were modestly priced. Wondering if they were really going to sound better? I got this card because it was very highly recommended and it had a hardware decoder. Less work for the CPU. I am so glad I did it. The sound really is like night and day. I would listen to other reviews that said this, and I thought, well they just have low end motherboards or speakers. Well...I have an awesome mobo and speakers and this card is a MUST BUY. Worth EVERY penny and then some.

Comments: I would not recommend this card if you are building an HTPC. I installed this card and tried to use it for surround sound for both DTS or DSS. It failed to accomplish both. I connected the digital coax to my amplifier's digital connection and it could not provide the correct surround sound position. It only provided sound for the front left and right speakers. I went to Creative's sight and followed all the directions for troubleshooting and still would not work. According to the website, the SPDIF output will only work to provide a "STEREO" or front left and front right. Overall, I think if you use it for gaming rigs it works well. Otherwise, be careful when purchasing.

Pros: This sound card is amazing! I popped it in, loaded the drivers from the Creative website, plugged in my Klipsch speakers, and fired up some tunes - and was blown away! Incredible sound...no comparison between my onboard sound and this sound card.

Cons: NONE!!!

Overall Review: I never thought Tarja Turunen (Nighwish) and Vibeke Stene (Tristania) could sound like angels, but they do with this sound card and speakers!

Pros: Great sound quality and it makes my old 8-bit WAV files play back more crisp. Recording at 24-bit at 96KHz makes sound very clear, even low-amplitude recording. The card was easy to install as well, short of finding a screw (this is typical of OEM products).

Cons: The sound drivers are buggy. After anywhere from 3 to 5 hours of continuous play, the sound all of a sudden cuts out and stops. All playing has to be terminated and restarted, but it'll happen again after another 3 to 5 hours. When the sound cuts out, there's a fairly loud very low-pitched sound (about 70 Hz) that fades away. The audio programs play just fine, but without any sound produced. After 12 hours of operation for one day, this occurred 3 times.

Overall Review: The 600 MB hard disk space requirement is wrong. Even a full installation doesn't pass half that, more around 250 MB, and you have the option to install just the driver only, which shouldn't be much more than 2 MB. My installation method, where I took out unwanted or unneccessary things, used only 180-some MB, less than 1/3 of what is stated.

Pros: Great sound quality, esp. for the price. Even Makes my 2yr old $xx 5.1 ch speakers sound good. Plenty of equalizer options etc.

Cons: Driver installation wasn't as easy as it could have been, but the latest drivers from creative's website fixed the issues I was having.

Overall Review: Do not use the drivers that come with the card! Instead Get the latest drivers from creative's web site. Other than the bundled drivers the card is great. HIGHLY RECOMMENDED