that dose't have an optical out but i guess its good enough
and is that any better than this one http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102027
i ordered this http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produ...na&AID=10521304&PID=4169961&SID=12nwc0p5iftbv
and was wondering dose this card process the audio on the card or dose it send it to the processor. I had a creative sb live 24bit and it made my pc slow cause apparently it had the cpu do most of the work