Very good, personally I'm looking for premium sounds for optical output and headphone + microphone for the gaming and movies and dts 5.1 ... is the top small problem without being one you have to download the drivers on internet if drivers original cd beug with Windows 7, pilot light and full breakfast not like my old x-fi fatality with heavy drivers and not very stable.Je recommend this card sounds more small, all outputs behind sound card turns a different color (green for stereo output rose for the micro ...) handy when you must connect a cable behind the PC.