I bit on the $50 off deal and bought the NU sound card. It was an easy, no brainer installation. I plugged in an old pair of Sennheiser gaming head phones I had lying around and played a few rounds of BF1. All I can say is I'm impressed. The audio is much better and much more clear than the stock audio on the motherboard. Subjectively, I like the improvement. I've had all kinds of sound cards over the years. This is the best yet. And it beats the stock audio every time.