I need a sound card under $50 that has optical output

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Yes, that card will do what you want it to do. The fact that it says, "headphone" just means if you want to use headphones for Dolby sound, you can. You don't need to.

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lordofthepants

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Hi... Just so you know the Xonar DG will only do 2 channel (stereo) on the optical out... if you want 5.1 on optical you need a card that has dolby DTS or DDL and the DG or DGX do not have it... good sounding card with a decent headphone amp for the money but it will not do 5.1 on the optical out.