santa cruz or ?????????

i was gonna get the santa cruz, but the sale at comp usa is over. so i thought since i'll have to pay close to $100 anyway, maybe i should just go for a higher end card. at a site i was at earlier, they compare a lot of cards, and the other turtle beach cards didn't score as well. so if i were to go for a highere end card, i suppose i'd be better off with another brand....does that sound right?

i'm thinking that the logical thing to look for is a 24 bit card, so what can i find in that category thats gonna be a noticable improvment over the cruz without paying a lot more? or is that even possible? some of the posts i see regarding the cruz seem to believe that the cruz can't be beat without spending a lot more. any thoughts are welcome.

thanks,-dale