I have never in my life seen a product with so much software bundled with it! The complete list is as follows: Creative PlayCenter3, Vienna SoundFont Studio 2.3, Arturia Storm Platinum Edition, FireNet 2.0, MixMeister 3.0, OOZic Reactor, Goldmine Demo, Recycle Lite, RemoteCenter, Surround Mixer, Ulead VideoStudio 4.0SE Basic, and WaveLab-Lite. All, in my opinion, are worthless. Except for the tools for editing the Audigy's settings, the rest of this stuff is not needed. You might need the RemoteCenter for the remote control and Firenet for the fire wire port. But other then that, this stuff is all used for showing off the power of your Audigy. It’s cool to mess around with, but it takes up space. Another annoyance is that they take over your computer. Luckily you can disable them all and easily be able to go in and adjust settings.

Creative has done it again, and I'm sure will keep doing it in the future. The Audigy is head and toe above the rest when it comes to features and out right quality. For gaming this card is light-years beyond the rest. For High end musicians, this card can slug it out with the best. For the average user, might be overkill, but with at $99 price tag its certainly reasonable. I have to add my 2 cents here: when I upgraded I had a Diamond s100. The second that I heard the first note come out of my stereo I was blown away. Not only that but when someone signed on AIM, it sounded like a jet engine just flew over my house. Now that says something. If you want the clearest, crispest, and cleanest sound, get an Audigy. With all the feature of the Audigy Drive, the over $200 price tag is certainly not out of the question. This product definitely gets the Sarge Seal of Approval.