Buying one of these cards today is very risky business. I have had my Nu Audio card since shortly after it was released. I just did a whole computer update with a new CPU, MB, PSU and GPU. When I put the EVGA Nu Audio card onto my Asus ROG Maximus Z790 Hero motherboard my system would not boot. Within less than 1 second of Windows loading it threw a BSOD, Stopcode: Driver Verifier DMA Violation. Spent hours trying to figure out it was the Nu Audio card. Re-installed the driver with same result. Finally realized it was time to replace this card. Bought an external USB SoundBlaster GC7 to replace it. No more PCIe cards for me anymore, too many headaches. I purchased my Nu Audio card to replace a Auzentech X-Fi Hometheater HD card which was better than the Nu Audio IMHO but they went under and the driver and BIOS support disappeared along with it, much like my Nu Audio card from EVGA. When it comes time to upgrade many of these cards will become an expensive paperweight.