I've looked at his card and it has a miniplug out that is labled "digital out" but if I were to get the xitel piece, would that even matter? That unit (the xitel) connects to your PC via USB, and then has a toslink, or coax out to your receiver.

Most of the games he plays are labled "Dolby Surround" which I know isn't true 5.1, but would still sound a hell of a lot better through a receiver and real speakers than they ever would through a "multimedia" pc speaker set up I'm sure.

I've been leaning back and forth between the Axiom MZero's (x5) or the new (upcoming) Hsu Ventriloquist 5 System. I've heard tremendous things about the new Hsu system, and it's only $220 for all five speakers. (A sub for the whole PC thing is either not in the cards at all, or awhile off)