My headphones don't need a lot of power, apparently.
Winamp is free, or.. are you looking at a payed for winamp with more stuff/features. I didn't know there was a payed for winamp version must of never looked for it.
I Would be interested in some sort of volume control or .. additional output if I didn't get enough from the creative card. I Think it will probly be ok though. and it has the dial on top too so. works out well. oh wait, just realized I could just plug my headphones into my RX-V990 receiver from the creative card if I had to so that covers that.
The Creative card should work out well for me.. if I had known I'd have issues with the Asus card, me in particular, I'd of just bought the creative usb card. d-mn it. I Don't mind having external stuff, I have some desk space or just put it on something else.
oh, one more thing I want to mention, that Creative card has bass redirection, which I'm pretty sure works as a crossover for the center/sub output. which I need for my speakers setup.
-KGUN