Soundblaster Audigy Platinum EX + Xbox 360 = Surrou

Hi everyone, this is my first post on the forum, so don't shoot me if i ask something obvious. Also I am sorry for my bad English, please keep in mind that I'm not a nati've speaker.
So here comes my question:
This is the setup I am thinking about:
-Xbox 360 (playing a game with Dolby Digital 5. surround encoding.)
--Connection: digital optical audio cable (Toslink)
-Connected to: The optical input on the external module of my Soundblaster Audigy Platinum EX
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-This card is installed on a PC with an Athlon XP 3000+, 52mb ram, 60Gb harddisk,... A recent pc in other words, running Windows XP Media Center Edition.
-[url="http://www.creative.com/products/product.asp?category=4&subcategory=25&product=4090 &nav=0">Creative InspireT6060[/url] speakerset, connected to the sound card using the analog connectors:
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Will I be able to hear surround sound from the xbox game trough my analog speakers this way (When the PC is turned on offcourse.), or will i get (upmixed) stereo audio, or even worse: no sound at all?
I hope someone can answer this question,
Greets,
FORZA M

That's correct in your case (connecting to the expansion bay) the soundcard will decode the DolbyDigital and send it to the analog speakers.
For me it is veird that you want to us a whole PC to do that - energy consumption, heat, space occupied (you will need a separate monitor for PC and a big-screen TV for XBox 360).
Another solution would be an external decoder - like a digital receiver or Creative's DDTS-00: http://www.creative.com/products/pro...6&product=9468
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