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Originally posted by Visibleman
Um, most of the sound blaster cards have optical outputs, have a look on www.soundblaster.com .
Hope this helps mate 
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No they don't, get your facts right, most digital outs from soundblasters are s/pdif and not optical, an optical cable will not light up if you plug it into one (and obviously won't transmit anything) if you want an optical out on a creative card you'll need to look for a soundblaster mp3+ or something like an Audigy Platinum/Plat EX (but why would you bother, if you want to spend £150 on a sound card at least choose a decent manufacturer instead of wasting money on creative gamers crap). I'd personally go for a Terratech, Hoontech or M-Audio card (if you can afford it). Having said all that, a good quality RCA cable will serve you just as well from a card with an RCA digital out which opens up a whole range of cheaper cards.