Hope someone can help me out with this. I'm not very familiar with sound cards, but I've been thinking about buying a new set of speakers for my PC, an HP 8668C 650mhz running Windows 98 with a Conexant Riptide (?) sound card (or at least that's what I think it is). I'm considering a set of Creative Labs Inspire 4.1 Surround Speakers or the 5.1 system. My question is: do I need a different sound card to run these either of these speaker systems? The Inspire 4.1 system recommends a Soundblaster Live 5.1 card to get the best results for surround sound and to drive the center channel, but will either of these sets work with the sound card that I currently have? And if not, can anyone recommend a reasonably priced card that will drive these speakers? Or recommend the cheapest place to buy the SB Live 5.1 card? Thanks in advance.