Sound Blaster Audigy Fx V2 Upgradable Hi-res PCI-e Sound Card with 5.1 Discrete and Virtual Surround, Scout Mode, SmartComms Kit for PC

Creative sound blaster has always been my favorite audio cards. This product is so good. Sounds great even with my old speakers. It auto detected my set up and worked with minimal configuration.

After years of use, the sound on my MB abruptly stopped working. After trying everything I could think of, I gave up on it and bought a cheap $12 sound card that I saw advertised all over the web. That lasted for about 2 weeks before it stopped working too. I then bought this card. It was simple to install, and it has been working great. Before, I was able to plug my headset, which includes a mic, directly into my PC headphone socket, but with this sound card, I needed to get a "headphone mike splitter" to plug separately into the headphone socket and the mic socket of the sound card.

Upgraded from a 8 yr old PC to all new. The sound on my new ASUS MB was junk, to say the least. Cracking sounds, speakers randomly cutting out on movies, music wasn't loud enough. Installed a SB card and what a difference!! Sounds are crisp, music is deafening, movies are in perfect 5.1, and gaming is next level (it's creepy to hear some of the background sounds you never heard before). The software that accompanies the hardware is a perfect match. I've been using SB cards for decades and they never disappoint. The price point on this model and the features you get are unmatched. I highly recommend this upgrade.

I still own an older Logitech analog 5.1 channel surround system, so I needed a solution on my new build. Most modern motherboards don't accommodate analog surround without plugging cables into ports on the front and back at the same time. Not sure why anyone would ruin the look of a brand new computer build with cables hanging out of the front like that. Decided to get this, and so far it has done the job nicely, and works will with the three analog 3.5mm connectors I have to plug in. No noise that I can hear. Only complaint is that the driver has gotten funky a couple times when the computer goes to sleep, making the output switch up left and right channels. That requires me to open the Creative software, and switch to 2 channel and then back to surround.

Was skeptical when I installed it given how tiny the card was. Yes, I've owned Audigy, Xonar and other Core3D cards before switching to on-board and those were all much larger than this one. I wasn't keen on an add-on audio card since the previous one blocked the airflow of my 3080 graphics card. This one has a super small profile so it works a charm. I decided to buy this since the on-board audio (line-out) and DP audio passthrough via the monitor left me with very low volume output and muffled speech. I use a Logitech Z623 2.1 speaker kit. Pleasantly surprised at how this sounds despite the Realtek chip. Driver support and new updates on Windows 11 for this card are the other reasons I picked it. I certainly wasn't disappointed and the audio plays crystal clear. It could be a bit better for gaming though and I guess that's where the higher end cards come in handy. However, for my main use, which is to watch videos and light gaming (always single-player), this is just perfect. Highly recommended!

If I could give a zero I would. Right out of the box I knew I was doomed. The metal plate with the jacks is dark metal with crappy stamps indicating the port. YOU CANNOT SEE THAT ON THE BACK OF A PC UNDER A DESK! Why didn’t they use the industry standard color coding? Because they wanted to save a dime. There is no other answer. Next: I installed this on a brand new PC with Windows 11. No problem, the system drivers were found and automatically installed. Thats the only thing that went right. Im sure there are scenarios where this sound card just works…but you are screwed if you have a situation where you have audio problems, popping noises, etc. You cannot contact Creative for support easily…you have to create an account with Creative which means providing all of your personal contact information….it is for that alone that I am returning this and I want nothing to do with Creative. This has always been the issue with PC’s…it might plug and play or you might have to sift through dozens of support sites deactivating resident programs, clicking boxes, scrolling through sys files. I thought for a minute that the vendors who survived the near-death of Windows based systems that they might have gotten together and worked some of this stuff out. How wrong was I.

Creative Sound Blaster has been the name on PC audio for decades. It was my go-to, and I got what I expected from quality and support.

Purchased July 2025 - died end of September 2025 (of course return window closed in August) - had a brief power flicker and now sound pops and hisses. PC connected to APC surge protection, everything is properly grounded, outlet, electrical box, etc...hooked up my 5.1 surround system to old PC and speakers are fine. The sound card was working flawlessly before but now seems to be overheating maybe. Listening to a 2-3 hour podcast is fine for about an hour before speakers start popping and hissing.

Works as expected.

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Placa de excelência !! Muito bom o som dela, seu softwere e instalação. Pena que a expansão é separada. Foi a sucessora da minha X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty ...Creative é o que há em qualidade de som. Seja em cards assim como saídas de alto falantes. AHHH SIM COMO SEMPRE CHEGOU BEMMMM ANTES !! VIVA A AMAZON !!

Excellent build and sound Quality, Value for Money. Works as Expected. BASS is Excellent!

Siempre he sido fanático de Sound Blaster desde que lanzaron sus primeras tarjetas de sonido, pero hace un par de años abandone a la marca porque tuve muchos problemas con una Sound Blaster Z, sin embargo, me decidí por esta tarjeta por su compatibilidad con Windows 11 y la verdad ha sido una grata sorpresa, un sonido muy superior al sonido integrado, ocupo mucho TIDAL, con unos altavoces Cambridge Soundworks DTT2500 y ¡suena increíble!