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Diamond XS51 XtremeSound 5.1 16 bit Sound Card | List Price: $19.99
Discount Price: $19.90
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Brand: Diamond Multimedia
Binding: Electronics
Features: - Dolby EX and DTS formats 5.1 channel DVD playback
- 48K/16 bit playback; 48K/16bit recording
- 5.1 virtual speaker shifter providing surround sound for CDs, and MP3s
- EAX 2.0 and A3D sound support
- PCI 2.2 Interface with bus mastering and burst modes
Easy to install and good sound [Posted on 2007-03-19]
I ordered this card to put in my mother's computer. She needed a basic card for listening to online music and such - nothing fancy - and this fit the bill. Install was a snap and took perhaps 10 minutes. I encountered no problems with drivers on XP and she was back up and happily listening to music within 15 minutes. Perhaps not the card for a picky audiophile, but great as a no-frills, good quality card which delivers surprisingly good sound for such little money.
Good sound card for the money [Posted on 2007-12-11]
You can't loose with this sound card if all you want to do is upgrade what you would find on a typical motherboard. Nothing fancy, just noticeably better and at a good price.
Mike
Diamond XTREME JUNK! [Posted on 2008-02-06]
I am in full agreement of the first review! No amount of coaxing has worked for installing the 16-bit card, so I bought the 24-bit card, same thing! I emailed and called costumer support, however there is no support. No return emails, nobody is ever available by phone. Stay away, do not buy, be warned! You get what you pay for.
Not compatible with Flight Simulator X [Posted on 2008-04-02]
The sound card was not compatible with Flight Simulator X and caused it to lock up even without the gameport being used. The game port was not recognized by Win XP and there were no instructions on how to configure the gameport. In fact the product specs didn't even mention that the game port was there. Overall a disappointing product.
OK Card, but doesn't work with Flight Simulator [Posted on 2008-08-16]
This card has performed OK for me in other areas, but it will NOT work with Microsoft Flight Simulator 2004 or FSX. It doesn't just not work; it actually causes your computer to spontaneously reboot, so you not only can't play but you lose a lot of time trying to figure out the problem. However, as long as you don't go into Flight Simulator, it seems to work fine. I suspect it is incompatible with the later versions of DirectX.
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