Creative came a long way with this device. Many will not realize the improvement in sound quality until they actually plug this device in and hear for themselves. I think the main feature to highlight is the fact that you can use across different platforms(PC,Consoles,My Android phone w/ usb adapter). This device will boost the sound quality and sound level for sure. I would recommend this purchase to all gamers and audiophiles.
- Easy driver/program setup. All updates downloaded & applied with no issues - Program is easy, clear, and feature rich. Tons of presets outside of the norm - Blows ALC4080 out of the water. No contest - True 5.1 sound - "Scout" mode to help isolate opponent sounds (footsteps) in FPS matches
Two microphone inputs, as well as a separate line-in, in addition to the analog and optical audio outs. Much, much simpler driver from Creative compared to the X-Fi Xtremegamer I was using previously. Even on Windows 10, most of the EAX games I have tried so far have been able to enable it flawlessly. No need for a "mode switch" like the old X-Fi cards did. ACTUAL 7.1 and ACTUAL hardware processing like the X-Fi cards of old do, and UNLIKE the SoundBlaster Recon and SB Z line which use software mode for those games instead.
If you want the best sound card on the market then this is the one to buy. Sound blaster been around for a very long time and know what there doing. Easy to install, great software. My headphones have never sounded better! It supports dts for my home theater, which was a must have in a sound card for me. The evga nu or the nu pro does not support dts and is why i never gave it a chance. I upgraded from my old soundblaster z and i am very happy that a did.
Easy install. Good sound quality for what I use. App makes setup easy
got it to replace a USB dac that kept having connectivity issues. being on the board this is more reliable and does the job as being an rca line out to an headphone amp
I bought this card mainly to give me a digital output and it does that with a toslink connector. setup was very easy and even my cheesy computer speakers sound much better. I like the wired desktop remote that provides two headphone connections
-Works out-of-the-box on Windows and PS4 -Works with any 3.5mm jack device -Sounds better than my on-board sound card
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.
The Asus Sabertooth Z77 motherboard audio (Realtek) would not work with Windows 10 no matter what driver I tried. This little USB2 device worked immediately and there is a nice Control Panel available for download. The sound is very good.
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.
Low price, easy to use, the only device I could find in this price range with optical in and out.
Picked this up as a work around for a busted headphone jack in my laptop, turned out to be way better with far more options than I'd expected. It gave my laptop a more true feeling surround option for headphones. Haven't tried plugging a set of speakers into it just yet.