Creative Labs Sound Blaster Audigy 2 ZS Internal Sound Card

I bought this card as an upgrade for my default Dell system, having done a little shopping around for a good deal. I was attracted to this card for several reasons - A) It supports 5.1 surround sound (just got some new shiny speakers to play with y'see), B) I trust Creative to make a reliable and compatible product, since I'm not a computer whiz, and I don't have the time or experience to reconfigure stuff just to get it to work, and C) The price is just about right.Installation was a breeze - like always just follow the instructions carefully and make sure everything is connected before you close the case - this model comes with a separate cable to link the sound card to the digital port on the CD drive. My XP system detected everything right away, and the software installed without a hitch. There's a few different programs bundled with the card, including EAX, THX and speaker configuration support, all of which is nicely presented and was helpful when setting up my speakers. The 5.1 surround support is just as groovy as I'd hoped, and the card software made it a breeze to adjust the levels, configure Winamp 5 to play through all the channels, and add funky effects. I don't really have much use for all the software included, but I can imagine if you were starting from scratch, or, conversely, quite an advanced user, you might enjoy the various different functions included here. I'm a bit middle-of-the-road to need all the bells and whistles, but I appreciate them being there.So, easy to setup, easy to use, simmering with latent power and nicely priced. I admit that I was also persuaded to get this card for secret reason D) It came bundled with Raven Shield (and Angel of Darkness, but I'm treating that as a fancy test for my speakers rather than a `real' game...I'm such a snob) which sounds awesome through this card. A great buy for a lower end user who wants to ramp-up their audio experience without breaking the bank (or an eardrum). Recommended.

This is one of the best sound cards you can get for this price.Using it will give you around a 10FPS boost when gaming as it has a very low cpu load (if you have a onboard sound card, the sound processing load is sent to the cpu but with this card, all processing is handled within the card)It is great for working with audio editors and studio apps like FL studio as it has great asio support and can handle hundreds of sound streams at 1 time with out skipping and with out putting a heavy load on the cpu.This card does wonders for music. using the eax console, you can make all music really sound 20-30 times better, the advance eq has a feature that will increase the detail of all audio making all music sound much better.PS some people on many different forums have been able to use creative x-fi drivers for this card and enable x-fi sound features. (i don't recommend doing this unless your very skilled with regedit as theres a high risk of something going wrong and you will need to spend hours in the regedit tool in windows)

This card works well in my computer-based office sound system. I demand a lot and the card works very well in this regard. As usual with Creative, there are many bells and whistles that are useless to anyone interested in accurate reproduction of music files. These effects cost you computer overhead and possible problems down the road, though I've had none. As a consequence of these "effects". the interface with the card is far more complex than it need be. There is no way to edit out the "effect" of these "effects" on the programming interface but you don't have to actually use any of them. They are just there now as surplus baggage. I wish there were a way to just tell the card on installation that you don't want that extra stuff and the interface is installed without them. It is just busy busy for no reason. But, bottom line, it is a good sounding card and worth the bucks!

No es compatible con Dell 7010 optiflex. Es muy grande. Pero la tengo para otra computadora se que son muy buenas.

I bought this because I wanted a firewire connection to edit video, while keeping my audio set up the way that I had it (I had a Creative Audigy card that worked fine with my Edirol speakers). The audio doesn't work at all on Windows XP nor the latest version of Ubuntu. I had to switch back to my old card. So now I'm out $90+

Creative Labs, the name instantly makes you think of a company that produces quality sound cards, speakers and other periperhals. In the past I have had success with them, but this time, everything went all so very wrong.I have a Athlon XP Asus Motherboard that runs at 2GHZ. 256mb or ram, ATI video card, etc. I have heard numeral issues regarding buggy software drivers with ASUS and ATI...From the start it was hell. Installation was a breeze, but soon it began to stress harm on my computer, constantly freezing it up. I had to uninstall the drivers in safe mode and all was fine.Not giving up, I installed the drivers again, same results.If the third time is suppose to be the charm, remind me that 2 strikes and your out. Third time, The sound blaster 2 zs slammed my computer, and to this day it will not finish it's post test.Creative Labs tech support is merely a copy and paste to our webpage link solution. Although they were prompt.If in the end I can't get my computer back, I'll rebuild WITHOUT Creative Labs. Only if you have the latest top of the line system or just looking for a guniea pig of a sound card, then by all means go with this one, else stay far away.

sehr gute Soundkarte egal ob Spiele & Filme gesehen werden !!!