Review on 🎮 Enhance Your Gaming Experience with the Creative Sound BlasterX G1 7.1 Portable HD Gaming USB DAC and Sound Card (70SB171000000) by Jason Hayes

First I'll explain why I was looking for a sound card. The built-in audio on my motherboard just isn't that great. Realtek ACL892 is crap. The native drivers in Windows want to work in 7.1 even if you have a two-speaker headset connected. I had to force install the Realtek drivers ("Windows has detected that your current driver may be better", my ass). just so it works like a regular 2 speaker instead of trying to create surround sound in games only to have the audio mute. I play Day-Z with my friends. I also enjoy playing first person games like the new Wolfenstein series. The worst thing in the world is turning around in game and the sounds behind you or to the side just disappear completely or end up in a flat, lifeless sound. So I wanted to get one of Creative's PCI-e cards to have more control over whether it's bulky or not and to have a card that can actually handle it. That's when I came across this little beauty. It was much smaller than cards and when paired with a Sound Blaster H5 headset enabled virtual 7.1 surround sound in a made for each other type mode. I can tell you this is of the utmost importance. I was amazed when I first discovered Day-Z. Even my friends said my voice is much clearer and I hear a difference now than before. I disabled the built-in sound, it's redundant at the moment. I was initially skeptical having had a USB audio device in the past, but this adapter changed my mind. If you are considering it and hesitate, just get it. You'll be glad you did.