5.1 Sound for Laptop without devouring system resourc

Hello!
I already have a set of Creative 5. surround sound speakers with the 3 surround inputs (stereo, centre/subwoofer, rear) and I have now purchased a Dell XPS M70 laptop for myself to play games. I would appreciate any advice on how to connect the two.
As far as I can tell there are three options by Creative:Creative Sound Blaster Li've! 24-bit External Sound Card (The cheapest)Creative Decoder DDTS-00 (the most features)SoundBlaster Audigy 2 ZS Platinum Sound Card (the fastest?)
Would I be right in thinking that the Audigy 2 ZS Platinum would be the fastest and use the least system resources as it is a PCMCIA card rather than a USB 2 connection?As I will be playing games like Doom 3, Half-Life 2 and Quake 4 it is important that the add-on hardware itself decodes 5. and EAX sound rather than the drivers, what is the best product for this?
Thanks for any replys.

Hello - and sorry that i did not reply earlier.
I have a satellite l550-11j.
To be honest, I don't really know the difference of sound between the onboard sound card and ones that support 5.1.
As far as I know it should be able to decode the sound as well so that it works just like that, right?
Or does it make a huge difference?
Another problem is, that I don't use windows but ubuntu, but well, I guess I can find a way to solve that issue as well.
Greetings,
Jnny

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