Just finished off a 2 day battle with my ancient Creative X-Fi sound card. Love the sound quality, hate the drivers. Pure Evil.
It was a battle in Win 7 many years ago. And here in Win 10, I almost gave up after the last win update negated 5.1 sounds back to stereo with static.
Tonight with latest drivers, and reseating the card in another slot, it complies. Currently working with 5.1 and sounding great. I've tried googling sound card reviews and benchmark, yet all I get it scam sites.
Any recommendation of a sound card below or above the $100 price range that fits 5.1? Or has motherboard sound caught up in quality? Next time I lose 5.1, I'd rather get a new card than fight a long battle with crappy drivers.