Hi guys, just to let you know, there is no hardwae acceleration or an EMU20K processor in this card. I was sorely dissapointed to find out that it's actually a pretty weak card, aside from the good DAC quality. Decent sound quality is nice, but all EAX and other processing is in Software and not very well implemented.

Sad, but in many ways onboard audio from Realtek or Intel is actually better for lowering CPU usage.

Maybe you got a 'special card' from creative, or maybe you didn't really test it. Who knows?