X-FI Fatality and Video card prob

I bought a X-FI Fatality sound card and when I put it on the PC then when I play World Of Warcraft the frames of the game going down to 3 when the normal is 40 or 50 fps and my friend has 80 fps(I have the N-Vidia G-Force 6600 GT 28 Mb DDR-3). I formatted my Pc and reinstall win xp pro sp2 but I have the same problem.Now am I going to buy a new card or what?I bought this video card before 3 months. If I know that it will happen this I should buy a better video card with more memory. Is there anyone that have the same problem?

interestingly too if I switch the input on my amp to 'Optical' so that the feed coming from the sound card is using the Optical cable...when I run the THX Speaker test the rear speakers come out of the front speakers. Switching the amp back to 6 channel audio and using the normal 3 coloured cables (excuse my ignorance - no idea what these are called) there is no sound at all when pressing on either of the rear speakers. If that helps anymore. Thanks.Message Edited by chump on 04-9-200708:56 PM

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