Easy to plug in and download the soft ware. This card was a big improvement from the onboard sound. The clarity and loudness lets me hear more in my games.
For years I had gotten away from addon soundcards as onboard sound had been getting better and better. I have a Yamaha sub woofer and Bose speakers and I had been noticing with each newer build I was less and less happy with sound on my desktop system. Weak thin sound finally got to me so I bought this card and was reminded why I bought my sub woofer and speakers, the sound is so rich and full, better than I ever remember it sounding! Bas that can peel wallpaper off walls and rich full sound makes you feel you are right there at a concert hall!
It sounds like I am in the movie theater and it's not RGB.
The card is easily installed
This card was very easy to install and get running and made a huge improvement in the sound and versatility of my computer as a music player and is worth the money .
High quality product. The sound is amazing. I have upgraded from a Sound blaster Z series. That was great. But this one is something else. I am happy with my purchase.
I brought this because my mother board sound card was dying and was unable to install an internal card due to my graphics card being mounted vertically in my case preventing access to the card slots. This little device was easy to connect and use having noticeably better sound quality than the original mother board audio before it developed issues.
Great value
Easy install
If you are still using onboard audio, you need this sound card! You have no idea what you're missing. I've heard a lot of people say how good onboard sound has gotten, but this blows away my Intel HD Audio! I used to think that I would not have a good enough sense of hearing to appreciate this, but I really do love it. The improvement in sound is not just the placebo effect, it is a tangible thing that is immediately clear when you hear your favorite music again while using it. Even with my $50 Logitech X-530's it sounds fantastic. The best way to describe it I think is CLARITY! Music is much more enjoyable now, and it can go louder although I listen at low levels. There's hardly any distortion playing at max volume, that's how good this is. My speakers literally blow me a way at this level, I can feel a steady stream of air coming out of the subwoofer and it still sounds great. Don't think about anymore, scrape together eighty bucks and buy it!
Plug and play, super easy, amazing sound and it installs itself!
Got this because it's compatible with Windows 98 Upon boot, Win 98 detected it, it installed a PCE-E to PCI bridge chip driver. I had to install the driver manually after, but that's just Windows 98 being bad.
It is a bit better in sound quality than alc1200 in my motherboard. The software is very handy for games especially. The most improvement is in Mic sound, it is very clear with this card.
This card is great. It gives beautiful playback quality and with the handy pci-e interface it makes it a nice fit into the system. I have owned this card since around the time it came out and it hasn't failed me.
nice card for the price easy install would buy again recommend to others