It sucks, I own an SB LIVE Plantinum 5.1 and an Aureal Vortex2 SQ2500 card. The Vortex 2 has a HARDWARE equalizer and puts my SB Live to shame! I also get better benchmarks with the SQ2500 becuase it uses less system resources! I also get better stability with it!
Cast not thine pearls before the swine