So I have mixed feelings about this card, my old sound card was a creative up 10 years old but already in 5.1.
Pros: good sound but it is not nirvana obviously if you come from a motherboard audio chipset (there is a big difference). Also the settings fashion games are practical and will make the difference for Gamers.
The negatives are many more I fear: A to start the drivers and apps available that are frankly not top, the map management is not even present in the config panel windows. And big downside I connected internally map on the front of my tower (Antec P182) a ton of noise in the headphones and microphone (inaudible), while using the audio chipset motherboard 0 parasite, a design flaw the sound card ???
To summarize I guard with a feeling "blah" !!!