I wonder if the old addage "You get what you pay for!" applies here? In my case, that was not the case. I bought an MAudio Delta 66 soundcard. (It came with Gigastudio, thus the question about samplers!) Unfortunately, this card didn't work with my VIA chipset, sounded like bacon frying. Another 2 months wasted... Now I have a Yamaha sw1000xg and a SB Audigy. I have to say I cant hear much difference between these two cards, but I have listened to a Delta 66 on another puter, and it sounded superb!