Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1

Title : Sound Blaster X-Fi Surround 5.1
ASIN : B0019JDDC8

List Price : £69.99

category: Internal Sound Cards
brand: Creative Labs
Item Page Detail URL : link
Rating : 3.8
Review : Took a while...
As the product says 5.1 surround, High fidelity and adapters. That all works fine but a few things have come to my attention...

The remote doesn't work or respond.
the volume and mute button on the soundcard has no purpose or function AT ALL
for the software to work you need intel core 2 duo or better.
And the most annoying of all- the soundcard only works with WAV or MP3 files, so any music studio software you have, the souncard WILL NOT respond, so you have to plug your headphones in your PC instead.

UPDATE: Three months after this review and I finally got everything working! It did take a while as the CD given is essential to use the soundcard for more than just 'a soundcard' and the reason it took a while was because the negotiating round the installation CD was hard to do and realised I kept pressing 'no' for the extra software.
Warning though, if you are audiophile enthusiasts, you'll know it will hype the bass and high end (not that...