Creative's new an much hyped series of sound cards is just around the corner, as this press release will testify.

I'll just quote the gaming bit..

Gaming Mode
The gaming mode accelerates PC game play. A completely re-engineered game audio processing engine utilizing the Creative X-Fi Xtreme Fidelity audio processor enables the Sound Blaster X-Fi cards to deliver a very impressive and critical performance boost of up to 40 percent in some cases during game play while simultaneously delivering full audio enhancement effects.

The Creative X-Fi CMSS-3D feature delivers amazingly realistic game audio over headphones. EAX ADVANCED HD 5.0 provides support for an unprecedented 128 voices using the X-Fi processor's hardware, utilizing EAX MacroFX, EAX PurePath and Environment FlexiFX technologies to provide a new standard of
audio realism in games. The X-Fi 24-bit Crystalizer automatically upgrades existing games to the Xtreme Fidelity audio standard.

And of course the prices.

Sound Blaster X-Fi Elite Pro US$399.99
Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatal1ty FPS US$279.99
Sound Blaster X-Fi Platinum US$199.99
Sound Blaster X-Fi XtremeMusic US$129.99

They should be available this month if you're interested, and let's face it, if your'e reading this site, you probably are.

More info at http://www.soundblaster.com no doubt.