eVGA and XFX are not playing nicely together. The Business Software Alliance believes that a third of all software installed is pirated. Creative has released a PCI Express based notebook X-Fi soundcard.

Express Card is the PCI-Express-based replacement for PCMCIA (aka People Can't Memorise Computer Industry Acronyms). However, we've seen very little hardware actually make use of the slot. Dubbed the X-Fi Xtreme Audio Notebook, Creative's new buddy basically provides the same functionality as a desktop X-Fi card, with high quality processing and digital and analogue audio outs, and you can also choose to pick up an additional breakout box for full 7.1 speaker connectivity.