This sound card does work well with the included driver. I was very happy that I finally got hassle free 5.1 through the fiber optic port. Before this card I was only getting stereo through SPDIF. This is a nice improvement for video games and movies. I really like that the equalizer works even on the digital output. There are two significant problems with this sound card that you should know about. 1. The ports are close together on this card, so if you're like me and use big fat high quality connectors they won't fit next to each other. With such a high signal to noise ratio I expected them to expect me to use these cables! If you are using the digital output you won't need to worry about this problem. 2. None of the Asus drivers support vista and 7's enhancements. The card does have it's own enhancements that are probably better than what windows offers except for room correction. Room correction allows you to correct the frequency response automatically using microphone calibration. It works very well to balance all the channels in your system. I would not have complained about this if asus had included an equalizer for EACH channel but that is not the case. I understand that most people do not use room correction or high end 3.5mm connectors but that was a big deal for me.
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