I keep waiting for CC to drop the price of the Audigy 4 they have on the shelves. Its currently at $75, but they keep advertising that blasted Audigy 2 notebook PCMCIA card !! A better deal on that Audigy 4 and I can finally burn off my CC $25 GC. The X-Fi is a much better card, but I just don't have the extra scratch to afford that card.