New X-fi Xtreme Music owner need advice.

I just upgraded from Audigy 2 ZS to X-Fi Xtreme Music. I'm using Vista 64bit SP2 and will be upgrading to Win 7 64 bit soon. I have Logitech X-530 5. speakers set. Before this, I used Daniel's Audigy Support Pack 3.5 and quite happy with it. Now I'm I'm using X-Fi Support Pack 2.0. Being new to X-Fi, I'm quite confused and have a few questions on X-Fi's mode.
1) Games
If I play any games, I assume I have to switch to Game Mode. Do need to enable X-Fi CMSS 3D, X-Fi Crystalizer,SVM and EQ? I have 5. speakers and will enabling those enhancement spoilts the games' sound. If I'm not mistaken, most newer games supports OpenAL so 5. speakers are automatically supported.
2) Music
So far I have been using Foobar for music. I'm using DirectSound output and and Channel Mixer to upmix stereo to 5.. I believe X-Fi CMSS 3D does the same thing so I need to switch to Entertainment mode. If I want to use CMSS 3D, I would need to disable Channel Mixer in Foobar but I still havent try which sounds better. What are the best settings for CMSS 3D for 5. speakers set? Do I need to enable SVM, X-Fo Crystalizer and etc?
3) Movies
This is the hardest part for me because I don't know which is the best settings. I normally use Media Player Classic Home Cinema and AC3 filter for sound. If my movie is stereo, AC3 Filter will upmix to 5. and if the audio is DTS or DD AC3, it will play as it is. Which mode should I choose for movies? Do I need to enable CMSS3D, X-Fi Crystalizer, SVM and etc?
I would appreciate if you guys could advice me the best settings for my setup because I'm really confused. Thank you!

Hello. XtremeMusic owner here
For most games you don't have to switch modes and can happily play in ENT or GAME mode. Some exceptions. If you play a game like BF242 then it's better to switch to GAME mode. If you are playing over headphones then again go to game mode and select HEADPHONES under the speaker tab, enable CMSS to get 3D surround over headphones in games. I think the newer games handle sound a bit differently - i.e. they don't use EAX and such so experiment with this one.
For Music I switch to ENT mode because I have different EQ settings for MP3s. I up the bass slightly, turn on Crystalizer and set CMSS to SURROUND and the front/rear balance slider to about 75% front.
I also use MPC for movies and stay in ENT mode. The only difference I make is to switch of CMSS for a movie that has a true surround track otherwise the XFI will mix the front channels into the rears.

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