Well, I still say you'd be better off going with the daughter card since it would allow you to, well, you know... carry it over with another upgrade and such, as well as you have to consider the fact that it would degrade quality. Other than that, you can just get a live driveIR/LivedriveII, get a he** of a nice upgrade in the process. The question though, is will your speakers accept analog and digital *at the same time*????