Audigy SE bulk & Dolby surro

Hello everyone.
I have a soundblaster li've! 5. digital and a set of Creative 500 5. analogue speakers.
I'm looking to buy an Audigy SE bulk at a very low price but I would like to know if the card can do hardware dolby digital decoding so I can get better sound from my analogue speakers than I do now.
This is a rather mixed up subject for me.
My soundblaster does do AC3 decoding I think so I can hear movies with AC3 stream but I can't get the surround effect I think I should be getting.
Will I be able to get true surround sound from movies with Dolby digital sound with an Audigy SE bulk please?
Thank you.

Reading arround it does look like the Soundblaster Li've 5. does support AC3 decoding on the card which is more than what the Audigy SE has.
The Audigy SE does not support any Dolby Digital/DTS decoding. If you want those features from a new card you need to look to an Audigy 2 Value or above for Dolby Digital and Dolby Digital EX decoding (or Audigy 2 ZS and above for DTS decoding as well).
http://www.soundblaster.com/products...duct=495&nav=3
Message Edited by Stargazer on 04-20-2006 09:9 PM

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