With regard to Lynx, what you say does not come as a surprise. I used to have an earlier card of theirs, full Windows driver support had been promised, but when Windows shifted to the NT kernel across all versions, no new drivers were forthcoming and my Lynx card became useless (unless I stuck with a very old Windows OS). When I increased my level of complaints to Lynx they became more and more evasive and started blocking me from their forums. That's when I switched to the RME AIO card, and I have never regretted it, the support is fantastic.