Ket I would just like to say there is NO placebo effect here. Last week I upgraded from 7057 to retail Windows 7 and since then my sound has been crap. I had no idea why but music sounded empty and I couldn't pinpoint exactly where gunfire originated in BF2. I just (as in an hour ago) realised what happened while going through Device Manager to remove my graphics drivers, including the ATI HD Audio driver and... Realtek XFi is now just Realtek HD. I downloaded your driver again and installed it and the effects are IMMEDIATELY noticable. My music seems to have more of a 'driving force' behind it - I have no idea how to explain it but that's how it sounds. BF2 is also sounding the way it was meant to be played once more Thank you very much for this driver, it DOES make a difference