Video card +HDMI + 5.1 audio SOLVED
October 10th, 2013
HDMI already has sound. Any card nowadays ships with HDMI. What’s the rest of your specs?
I have an Asus P5KPL-CM motherboard and I want to pipe the video AND audio through
one HDMI cable to my home theater receiver. Do I need a video card that has onboard
5.1 audio OR will any video card with HDMI pipe the 5.1 audio from the motherboard with
the video? Thanks for the quick response.
Newer cards have sound controllers built into them. Older ones require you to connect the card to the onboard SPDIF header via a cable. There isn’t much guesswork involved.
5670 has all that and is about 70 $
Picked up a EVGA 01G-P3-N988-TR GeForce 9800 GT for 49.99. Thanks