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Some games were built for surround sound. If you played doom 3 and had 5.1 odds are you will agree with me. Sound is that one element that emerges you into a game while graphics is the thing that attracts you in the first place. Speaking of which if you had to choose...

Xonar Phoebus:

https://www.asus.com/ROG/ROG_Xonar_Phoebus/
http://www.guru3d.com/articles_pages/as ... iew,1.html

or

Sound Blaster ZxR

http://www.soundblaster.com/products/so ... r-zxr.aspx
sadly no review yet.

Now if you want to be shocked... click the following links. Remember like Doom 3 best experienced in the dark, sound turned up this experience will be best experienced standing upright next to sharp objects...
http://titan-ice.co.za/product_info.php ... ts_id=8023
http://titan-ice.co.za/product_info.php ... b5n3b5bm34

I'd choose the Sound Blaster, but only because "Phoebus" is such a ghey name.

Hold on...nearly 3K for a sound card?