Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme Audio (70SB104000000) 7.1 Channels 24-bit 96KHz PCI Express x1 Interface Sound Card

Pros: The card itself as hardware isn't bad and still works.

Cons: The bloated software bundles that come with the card are slow and glitchy. Constant problems with those programs when using Digital Optical SPDIF. You install drivers only and then they try to slide the extra programs you don't want in on the side through updates. The best way these card work is drivers only.

Other Thoughts: Simply because of the bad software bundles that come with Creative Labs cards means the next time I buy a sound card I will be getting something that is not Creative Labs.

Pros: Great card with great sound! Installed easily and all drivers work fine on windows 7 64bit.

Cons: -

Pros: Sound is okay for computer speakers -- note that when I *listen* to CDs I use my stereo, which has balanced, one-off built speakers. I have cheap speakers for my desktop and don't expect the sound to match my stereo. YMMV.

Cons: Major con: Doesn't support Linux (Ubuntu, et c.) at all, Creative apparently has no intention of designing drivers to do so.

Secondary con: no separate jack for headphones, so if you want to switch from speakers to 'phones, you have to root around and switch them. (This, for me, is a complaint that applies to just about all cards.)

Other Thoughts: If I'd realized this card didn't support Linux, I'd have purchased a different one, a previous Creative card *did* support Linux, however those drivers do not work on this card.

Pros: Great HD sound quality and easy to install in my computer. A lot of people claim "It fried my mother board" that's because they are insolents and can't put a simple sound card into the correct slot. Picks up microphones great and beautiful 3D sound for gaming and music.

Cons: Had to Google where to put my "Line In" chord, but that took like 15 seconds.

Other Thoughts: I love Creative Labs and use a headset from them too.

Pros: It's a card from Creative Labs...

Cons: Extremely frustrating installation
Software and Drivers did not work together that were provided by Creative's web site.
Required getting a driver update for Creative's card from Microsoft (which I found to be odd)
Poor sound quality (sounds worse than my motherboard's on-board sound)
Absence of a Mic only port (it requires that you have working software to change Line-in to be Mic, it's not set to Mic by default.)

Other Thoughts: It took me 9 hours to get this card to work. The drivers and software provided by Creative's web site were not working together. Kept getting "The device detected is not supported by this application." when trying to start any of the programs, and yes, they were all programs selected for Windows 7 64-bit from their web site. Windows Update had the most up to date drivers for this card, not Creative's web site. Once that was installed, the applications began to work. Sound quality however was another issue. Sound will dip while playing any game, music, or video. Hearing audible static clicks when Windows sound file for a double click or single click plays. Never had this on my Realtek on-board sound from MSI. Another thought, in the world of Skype and online gaming, vlogging and podcasts, the absence of a mic only port baffles me... This was a poor decision on Creative's design. Would have been nice if everything worked correctly provided by their web site.

Pros: Awesome Headet....when not broken. Sound is fantastic. Very comfortable. ?Would give 5 egg if not for they break to easily.

Cons: Broke within 3 weeks. Others have written the same thing. I babied these things and they broke while taking them off my head one night.

Pros: none

Cons: too many to list first it will not work in one computer i have tyan
motherboard the card is dead tryed all 6 pcie slots nothing
second tryed in another computer asrock motherboard the computer frezzing up computer will not even boot with this junk lemon the worst sound card i ever had

Other Thoughts: sound blaster used to be the best what a shame

Pros: As I am waiting for this card i will review and give my thoughts on installation and ease of use and sound I notice that all the low ratings on this card people are plugging it into pci e slots or calling pci x1 slot that To me that means limited knowable of the the pc I have a pci sound blaster audigy Se witch is pci so i cannot not use this slot because of pci x1 slot is all i have and 1 pci e slot which is used for video card We shall wait and see what is happening with this card

Cons: none at this time

Pros: It's a good sound card if you don't need to record.

Cons: Let's Players beware! There's no "What U Hear" setting you'd expect to find on a Creative card. This thing has crippled my channel. Even after getting the console to let me switch the line-in to Mic I get a wicked echo (even with headphones) and I can't seem to stop it.

Pros: Everything, I am blown away by the sound it renders I've own this card for a year and just now installing it, because I got tired of the choppy sorry on board sound.
What I like:
No Noise meaning Electrical, poping, hissing it is totally quiet.
Aweman I play CODMW3 PC version Oh MY!!!!!!
This Card is in Fact for Gaming and Alot of other stuff.

Cons: Reading bad reviews on this card other than RMA's that after I installed it I don't see what their talking about. WHAT?
I notice some of the bad review and I am willing to bet that attention to detail was not taken when installing this card.
1. When it says make sure no programs are running Turn them all of including your Anti-Virus software and besure to unplug your ethernet cable. Install the drivers from the website and not the disk.
2. Do a custom install to see what installing and uncheck what you don't want.
3. I the first install will tell you to restart the computer.
4. when computer is done with restart, log back in and connect you ethernet plug and Virus software should automatically start backup. Let the software download the updates, it will also tell you durning the update install to turn off all running programs so do step 1 again.
5. A restart prompt will not come up but restart the computer anyway. Then you are all set.

Other Thoughts: My Hardware:
Raidmax gaming Smilodon case
F1A75-V PRO
G.SKILL Ripjaws X Series 8GB (2 x 4GB) soon to be totalling 16GIGS.
AMD A8-3850 Llano 2.9GHz Socket FM1 100W Quad-Core Desktop APU with DirectX 11 Graphic AMD Radeon HD 6550D AD3850WNGXBOX
Radeon HD ATI 5750 DDR5 1gig
Antec 620 Cooling unit
Samsung DVD drive
Sony Blu-Ray drive