Yes Biker, it is a low end one - (Xonar DS) like the review says. It does support 5.1 but when I try to turn EAX on in TDM it says "no suitable hardware found". I got it as it was a cheap way to avoid on board sound. Sorry, yes it sounds unsuitable for you, I guess I mean to vouch for ASUS over Creative in this instance, even though you probably need the higher end model.