On board sound on GA-Z77X-UD3H vs Sound Blaster X-Fi Extreme Audio

Christmas last year I upgraded to a new computer and I'm wondering if I would gain any audio performance or sound quality by moving my old Sound Blaster X-Fi Extreme Audio card to my new computer which is presently running with on-board sound.
Here's the link to the motherboard model I have: http://ca.gigabyte.com/products/prod...px?pid=4441#sp
The audo is listed as:
1.VIA VT2021 codec
2.High Definition Audio
3.2/4/5.1/7.1-channel
4.Support for S/PDIF Out
Would it be worth it even with this old sound card? Or does the new on-board sound quality beat the old sound cards of yesterday? Also, yes I do play a lot of new generation games.

The X-FI Extreme Audio does not have an X-FI chip. It is an Audigy 2 chip with software emulation to come close to the sound capabilites of an X-FI chip based card. There is a lot of information about it on the web, Creative has taken quite a PR hit because of the comments by the CEO at that time. I don't know if he is still the CEO nor do I really care.

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