@Sid3ways S13 - I read a recent review posted on the forums about how it handle hibernation well, had higher level outputs than the Audigy, and was a little smaller. It is also cheaper. I have neither one of them, so I can't speak on the quality between the two, but the reviews seem promising. I have used Turtle Beach stuff before for desktops, and have been very pleased with the two different PCI cards I had from them.