I'm saying is that Creative has big big big problems with tons of VIA-based motherboards (kt266, kt333, kt400, etc). They offer 24bit/196kHz which is really only useful for recording, as it has to be dynamically compressed, etc, etc, which software can do on 16bit/48kHz. Plus, all decent cards now include legacy SB emulation, because it was the most consumer-oriented and best-supported card back then. Ah... memories of installing Daggerfall and Warcraft 2 *sniff*.

wrack: If you're in the market for a new soundcard, and won't be doing professional-quality recording (aka. with more than $1000 worth of equipment), I suggest Fortissimo, GameSurround, or DigiFire 7.1