The definitive choice for gaming enthusiasts demanding correct audio. What are you waiting for, an engraved invitation?
Some people out there might wonder why they would ever get a sound card, when there are USB headsets and saying "onboard audio is fine." Well, nobody ever accused them of being correct. Even now, in 2016, onboard audio has, and always remains, terrible for actual gaming.
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.
While there is no more mode switching necessary to use what this card is capable of unlike the X-Fi series the core chip is based on; it does lose some of the advanced controls that were present on the older series of cards