I'd definitely recommend the Xtrememusic or the Audigy 2ZS, both are around $90 either after rebate (Audigy) or after instant savings (Xtrememusic) on Newegg. I can actually tell exact direction and depth in Counter-Strike: Source and other games...it adds a lot to the gameplay.
Mine works great. It's usually EA Games (I am guessing you are referring to BF2/2142's X-Fi "support") who f*cks with people, and that is who I blame 100%...because Electronic Arts is failing us all miserably and appearantly doesn't give a sh*t. However, my X-Fi XtremeMusic worked great with the demo versions of both games--I will just never buy either game for the fact that they are useless IMHO.
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