[soccerdude84]

and if not, what is?

I'm gonna be using it for equal amounts of gaming and music, budget is negotiable. I don't need any extra peripherals, just a good sound card to use with my MDR 1R and MA900.

 

[GotNoRice]

Neither of them have particularly good DACs.  It's the higher end model in each series that has the good DAC (X-Fi Titanium HD, Sound Blaster ZxR).
 
But what you can do is get an external DAC (NOT a USB model), and then run the Digital output from your current X-Fi to the external DAC.  You would get great game processing AND great music output.

 

[soccerdude84]

I should have mentioned this is for my next computer which will not have PCI, so I need a new sound card that supports PCI-E 1x

 

[soccerdude84]

I found the Titanium HD for 140 so I bought it.
 
I'm thinking that was a good deal?

 

[GotNoRice]

I believe I got mine for ~$90 from a fellow forum member, but $140 is still a good price compared to retail.  It should be a very substantial upgrade over your older X-Fi when it comes to music.