Is anybody using Vista with a soundblaster card? I just purchased one to get away from the onboard sound that I am using, however it looks like from what I am reading that it may not work, or even slow down my FSX. Can anybody comment on this working before I go through all the trouble of plugging this in.Thanks,Chad

Have used the XFi-XtremeGamer Pro with FS9, FSX, FSXsp1, WinXPx64 and Vista-Ultimate x86, on both AMD64-4000 and C2D-E6700. No problems! Keep an eye out on which PCI slot you use. Usually only the last (bottom) slot is available with the large GPUs and that's where I've had my XFi all along. Many other folks run this card as well. Yes, it will offload CPU cycles after disabling the onboard sound-chip in the motherboad BIOS. Also, don't forget to reset your speakers in Windows to 2.1, 5.1, or 7.1 as it will default to 2.1 after installing the driver.Good luck...

Thanks for the quick reply, may I ask what driver you are using for Vista? I found a driver suite from YouP-Pax that I heard was supposed to be better than the Creative one, have you tested this?Thanks again,Chad

No I haven't, I've just been using the driver from the Creative website. I want to get my new rig completely stable and reliable for a period of time before I go trying out 3rd-party drivers for peak performance.

>No I haven't, I've just been using the driver from the>Creative website. I want to get my new rig completely stable>and reliable for a period of time before I go trying out>3rd-party drivers for peak performance.Yup, what he said...Chris Porter:-outtaPerthWestern AustraliaIntel Core 2 Duo E6700ASUS P5N32-E SLI Deluxe Motherboard4GB Corsair VS DDR2 667Mhz RAMInno3D 8800 GTX 768MB GDDR3 590MHz VideoASUS MW221u 21" Wide Screen LCD2 x 320Gb WD SATA DrivesCreative X-Fi Platinum Sound Lian Li PC-B20B Aluminium Black CaseMS Vista Ultimate OEMCH FlightSim Yoke USBCH Pro Pedals USBTrackIR 4 Pro and Track ClipMSFS FSX Deluxe Edition Full install at 1400x960x32Check out my 5th Around the World flight with MS FSX at http://members.iinet.com.au/~portercbp/fly...W_05/index.html

Thanks for the help to both. I got it installed with the regualar creative driver. However I can't seem to get it to recognize my microphone. Are either of you using a MIC for online play?

No, sorry, I'm not...