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I must admit I was a little disappointed when I opened the box, expecting multiple CDs full of software, but I suppose this was meant to be a desktop home theatre sound card. Not to mention for such a decent price, I can’t expect a truckload of applications bundled in, unless I want to see the price jacked up. All you really need is a DVD player. I would have expected to see at least some software bundled with the MAYA 7.1 sound card. Only the Gold version included PowerDVD software.

The manual was quite thorough in explaining details, from unplugging the computer to installing the card itself. Users with little computer experience should have little trouble setting up this card.

The driver support is rather encouraging. Included are MME, DirectSound, ASIO 2.0 and GSIF support. With these, you will pretty much have no problem with any audio software out on the market. The majority of applications, from games to Windows itself, use MME and DirectSound drivers. ASIO is usually used by recording software and GSIF is Giga-specific, which are a series of audio applications geared towards professional style recording. It’s just too bad a copy wasn’t included with this card.