The sound from this card is fantastic and all the written hype about this card is true! HOWEVER!!!! Under windows 8/8.1 the card is often not detected at all, leaving you to reposition the card into another PCIE slot and wait for the same detection issue to hit that slot, then move it back to the...

Sound was great for games and music, but not so much for editing. Could have been my card/rev, but it died from a bit of heat. Might consider an external enclosure to prevent issues.

I bought this card to use with Windows 10 (currently own X-fi HD Titanium which has no Win 10 drivers) Nothing but problems with this card. First the microphone on the ACM would not work, just made loud garbled crackling noises. Second, the audio was awful!

They cancelled my order (a $205 Creative ZxR sound card), saying it was out of stock. I then find out they re-list the item right back on Rakuten.com for double the price, $410. What concerns me more is that Rakuten is still using this "seller".

In 2011 Creative introduced the Sound Core 3D audio chip, and recently a new series of Sound Blaster cards was released using that chip. We tested the most high-end ZxR version, which is available for 200-250 euros.

The new Creative Labs Sound Blaster ZxR sound card is a behemoth of audio goodness. Un-boxing everything from the package, I was very impressed with the design style Creative Labs put into their new, flagship sound card.