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 - Good card for a good pirceI bought this card to hook my computer up to my home theater receiver, and it works great. Good quality and many options to change the sound perfomance. Definite recommondation. Rating:  - Surprisingly simpleI'm not used to add ons that do not advertise Vista compatability working immediately upon installation. Put the card in, reconnected all the cables to the computer, except speaker leads, connected the Optical out Digital feed, to the computer, the other end to my Integra 5.1 receiver, turned everything on, let vista find the new hardware on boot, waited about five minutes while it found, downloaded, and installed the software. So cool! Then I went to control panel, clicked the Xear 3D C-media icon, launching the set-up program. Enabled the 5.1 spdif output, it worked!! Played around with the settings, tried enabling the 7.1 virtual mode, and I was in a live concert with the Neville Brothers. Like I was in New Orleans watching them live. I'm in a live sound room, tile floors and mostly bare walls, and many windows. Not the best for listening. The various sound shifting modes in the set-up allowed me to make up for inconvenient speaker placement and a previously loud & overly bright sound. I'm very happy with this card and would recommend it to anyone interested in gaining the advantage of spdif output via fiber optic convenience. It's nice having only one audio cable coming out of your computer. The complete installation and set-up took only 45 minutes, and that's with about 20 minutes of playing with all the various sound settings, pumping the volume, closing my eyes and listening too often, and general misbehaving. Don't you love it when a plan comes together? Rating: - Works with VistaI just want to confirm that this card does indeed work with Windows Vista. So many cards don't that it is good to find one that does. You can't use the installation CD or even the December 07 drivers listed on the Diamond web site. To install: 1. Disable any on board sound card by disabling it in you BIOS when the computer starts. 2. When Windows Vista sees the card, select the option for Windows to find the driver. It will search online and, miracle of miracles, actually find the correct software and install it. Nothing else for you to do. I haven't checked out all the features, but the sound recording function does works flawlessly. Rating: - It works for Vista 64!In my long search for a Dolby Digital Live card that works with Windows Vista 64, I stumbled upon this beauty. Don't let the low price deceive you. What you need to do to get Dolby Digital Live goodness to work with Vista is to: 1. install the card 2. download the drivers from the c-media website forums for Vista 64 (they won't list the card but which chip is on the card, I believe it is the one that ends with the number 3) 3. connect the spdif to your 5.1 or 7.1 audio receiver 4. set the analog speaker c-media output to 5.1 or 7.1 and make that your default windows output 5. go into the xear settings and switch the output to spdif dolby digital live 6. enjoy dolby digital live with your games (set your games to 5.1 or higher audio. It works great with COD4!) Rating: - Replaced my CreativeI have always loved my Creative soundcards and this is the first non-creative card I have purchased. I bought this card for two reasons. 1- My Creative Card (X-Fi Elite Pro) lost many of its features (such as its remote control) when I upgraded to Vista. 2-My creative card did not output 5.1 sound to my receiver. I have my computer in the living room connected to a projector and an amp. If you connect your computer to an amplifier, this is the only card for you because it delivers sound in a 5.1 dolby digital stream.
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