Rio Diamond Monster Sound MX300

Pros: Price, sound quality
Cons: not as many connectivity options as the Sound Blaster Live

Introduced in 1998, shortly after Creative Labs launched the Sound Blaster Live, the Diamond Monster MX300 Soundcard is still one of the best sound cards available today. (Even better than the MX400 from Diamond for most applications, but more on that...

Pros: Quality sound
Cons: space hog, poor drivers, incompatibility

Monster Sound has great possibilities and is compatible with most computers, but not this one. Since it's installation, I've experienced continuous screen freezes, and drive crashes that require cold booting (turning your computer off and on).
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Pros: Great sound. Excellent value.
Cons: Some compatibility issues.

When I was building a new system a couple of years ago there were only two choices in the highend soundcard market, the Creative Lab Soundblaster Live and the Diamond MX300. I've always found myself rooting for underdogs, so since the Soundblaster cards...

Pros: Studio-quality 320-voice
Cons: Technical Support, No drivers, not compatible with all games

It was about the middle of May 99 when I started to build my computer. I ask one of my friends, who is a very competent computer person, what he recommends as far as sound cards go. He told me about the MX300 and how he has it and his works great....

Pros: Great chipset, great sound quality, Aureal cares about their customers still
Cons: Horrible support (Diamond), this card's got a short shelflife ...

This card was good - two years ago.

I originally wrote this review a while ago. I just noticed epinions messed up and moved my review and a bunch of other peoples into the Diamond MX80 category. Can we say OOPS GUYS?! Anyhow, I am reposting my...

Pros: great sound
Cons: no EAX 2.0 suport

When first hearing about this product i was impressed right off the get go with the great API a3d provides perfectly clear 2 and 4 speaker sound and great recording features including MIDI suport
also with a built in graphical Equilizer...

Pros: At one time (1999), was one of the better soundcards
Cons: Compatibility and driver issues with new hardware

I bought this card quite a while after it came out. I previously had an Ensoniq AudioPCI card, which was one of the first PCI soundcards. It worked fine for me, but I wanted to upgrade to the MX300 to play games with 3d sound.

Hearing the 3d...

Pros: Excellent features
Cons: ...but they don't always work right.

I got this sound card because of a glowing review in PCGamer. I was also buying the best speakers I could so I could get the most out of this sound card. My old sound card wouldn't play two sounds at once, so I couldn't run some programs, such as...

Pros: Awsome sound, great drivers, gold connectors on inputs, A3D 2.0 and EAX emulation, cheap price, hardware equalizer
Cons: No digital outputs or inputs, too much CPU utilization, getting a bit old.

Diamond Multimedia rocks, plain and simple. They build the best graphics, sound and modem products in the world. Unfortunately, they have been bought out by S3, which is known for making sucky OEM, half-assed products that can't hold a candle to the...

Pros: Great deal, great sound
Cons: A3D 2.0 isn't widely supported

This sound card is geared much more toward gaming enthusiasts than music buffs, but except for those who spend large amounts of time working with MIDI, it is a better deal than any Creative Labs product.

How much this sound card will appeal to...

Pros: Great Sound. A3D 2.0
Cons: It is getting old. The MX400 will probably be out soon.

I've had this card for over a year now, and it is still the best sound card on the market. I was completely surprised when I joined epinions and saw that only one other person had reviewed it. There really is nothing better on the market now. It delivers...

Pros: Great sound, better price
Cons: Incompatible with DOS

I bought this card for a system I was building. I didn't have much money, but the store I worked at had an opened package, (customer didn't have PCI), and they sold it to me at a great discount.

Diamond Multimedia is probably #2 on my list of...

Pros: Generally good sound quality.
Cons: Noise, compatibility problems.

Having tested the MX300 OEM in the same computer with a Creative Live Value (OEM), the MX300 has lost favor with me. Unfortunately I cannot repeat what I have stated in my review of the Creative product, but I can paraphrase it. Keep in mind that this is...

Pros: It has both Eax, And A3d support, very easy to install
Cons: None

This sound card in my opinion rocks. If you want to listen to cds or play games then this is the sound card for you. This sound card is extremely cost efficient. If you compare it to the soundblaster live it cost about 1/3. This sound card supports...

Pros: Great sound,4 speaker support,A3d 2.0
Cons: A3d 2.0 eats a lot of your resources

Diamond is known for making high quality products such as video cards,sound cards and home networking solutions. The MX300 is another one of their great products.

Are you a hardcore gamer? Then this card is for you! You...