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I think this card is OK. I really like the MX300 more. I would have kept my MX300, but I could not get it to work with my Asus A7V.

The sound quality of the MX400 with CD's, MP3's and DVD's are great. Games are ok. Aureal 2.0 chipset is better then the one on this card and EAX.

When I play Vampire, I have to turn off the 3D sound hardware to get sound that is not muddy. But when I do that, I do not get any sound effects.

Recomendation: Buy a sound card with a Aureal chipset. If you want 100% compatiablitiy get a Creative Labs Live!. Stay away from this card, if not it is a good card for the price.

I bought the Monster sound card to improve the sound effects for my MP3 files and my video games. Wow! What a difference from my cheap factory-installed previous sound card. Diamond Monster has superb sound quality, you can hear every instrument, the bass and treble, and even sound effects in games are sharper. I highly recommend buying this card for people who are serious about their MP3 music sound file quality and gamers.

If you want to waste your money, buy this card. If you're a gamer who prefers choppy over smooth sounds, buy this card. If you capture and love tinny, static-laden over rich sounds, buy this card.

Diamond doesn't update its drivers like it should. This card still does NOT support DirectX (at least that's what dxdiag tells me).

In my experience, Creative Labs is a much superior sound card manufacturer. Diamond may do video, but it definately does not do audio!!!

This was a complete waste of money. It's now a Legacy card. Don't buy, because they are trying to get rid of a stockpile. There are no good drivers for them. (it wont work in XP now either!)

This card stinks. No words can describe how much fustration the lack of good drivers...[It'll take] aloot of pain to buy the half functional sound card.