The external Asus Xonar U3 was for the USB port on my Lenovo Thinkpad T61 with Windows Vista a good Enscheidung. The map fuktioniert to 100%. The driver installation there were no problems. I use the card now for several months and there were no failures in any way. I stage a very reliable. I use mine, but only for 2-channel HiFi. Additional options - whether surround, subwoofer and other sound settings, I can not comment. However, what bothers me is the small Konfiigiratkionsfenster, which reminds me of old DOS times. Unfortunately, the sound card errreicht not quite the sound quality of my audio CD player. This is a bit annoying because the good internal Asus PCI cards do not have this shortcoming. Therefore a point deduction. But all in all, I am using the price-performance ratio more than satisfied and can further the missing card.