After being flanked from behind many times while attempting Sniper Fi in Call Of Duty Modern Warfare 2 while using the onboard Sigmatel STACC C-major audio I decided to purchase a custom sound card. So i checked out my local computer dealer and saw they had the Creative SoundBlaster Audigy SE 7.1 in stock , now this card is the same as the x-fi music so its pretty good for music. In windows 7 x64 this card performs well , had no issues with the driver cd but when i updated the drivers I could not use the control panels for the card so i had to reinstall the drivers. I tested this card with Test Drive Unlimited and Call Of Duty Modern Warfare2 and Battlefield Bad Company 2, I didn't hear a difference in Test Drive but in the other 2 games there was major difference , when the bullets hit the different surfaces it was clearly heard and I wasn't flanked as easily as before in Sniper Fi but I must reposition my rear speakers for better coverage of behind. I use this card with a Logitech X-540 5.1 surround sound , it may not be powerful but it does sound great , it gives out nice clean bass and the mids and highs are good also. With the additional graphic equalizer , surround mixer and EAX adjustments this card makes listening to music a pleasure to the ears. It also makes gaming more realistic as you can tell which direction sound is coming from better than before. This sound card comes with a case badge and software cd but the manual is online and do not use the updates it will not work with the card, I am not sure if its just me but that happened to me when i updated. And thats my sound card that will be going in my new custom PC