Help with Soundcard upgrade

vista does not suck - it rocks - why?

vista sucks when compared on like machines but when you slap it on a i7 at 4ghz it rips it up. plus you have better self defrag, built in partition built in back up like ghost - way better security - even better if uac is left on

vista is great - ok fine you have to restart your machine once in a while but most the magor usb and sleep issues have improved

i run vista since rc-2 and got rid of xp systems as service pack 1 - its ready for prime time

as far 64bit go to the 64bit sites for products and look it up - that is how you do it - yes you can look at the newegg reviews and you should

$175 is steep you must have very golden ears!

thats true about vista not being bad when run on a good enough machine. but taking up almost 1.5GB of RAM while idling is pretty bad, and I don't even have many background programs running.
Also, thanks for the tips about the windows 7 beta.

Back on the topic though...I'm not a massive audiophile, but I do want my games to sound good. I'll admit $175 is defiantly a steep price. If anyone can recommend a good sound card that's cheaper that would awesome. It has to have analog and digital out though, cause i have Sennheiser PC 350's hooked up to analog and z-5500 hooked up to digital.