The huge number of bundled applications that came on the CD-Rom was nothing short of amazing. No games or demos to speak of, but I usually don't care for those anyways. What was impressive was the fact that I counted at least 45 different apps. There are so many different sound editor and music maker programs that my eyes could hardly behold all of the setup files that were being displayed on my monitor. I really want.
Installation is painless.
Just find an open PCI slot, install the card, and when the card is detected it will ask for the drivers. Since reference drivers are used, that means that there should not ever be any trouble getting updated drivers for this card. The sound that pumps out of card is nothing short of top notch. This card sounds better than my MX300 does. Although this is probably because of the beta drivers for the MX300, it still counts for a big score in my book.