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    Re: Building a computer? Need advice/suggestions? Come here!

    Quote Originally Posted by Bhamid View Post
    I was looking around and apparently ATI 5 series cards can do something with Dolby True HD or something through their HDMI, so does that make it a sound card or does it still use the integrated decoder?
    I'm not exactly sure, but I know it's not a sound card in itself. I use the integrated sound in my motherboard and I'm required to download a HDMI driver for the ATi card from the manufacturer of the sound device. So, my guess is that you still need a different sound device to output audio through HDMI.
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    Re: Building a computer? Need advice/suggestions? Come here!

    It's just a pass-through iirc.
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    It requires a separate sound device, it just has the ability to output that device's data using HDMI.
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    InnerGoat's right it's just a pass-through system. You connect an additional cable to your graphics card and then to the SPDIF out on your motherboard or sound card, then you just choose your SPDIF Interface as the primary output/playback device in the Sound menu.

    One of my GTX 285's is setup to output audio through HDMI this way.
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    So exactly the same as the Nvidia system? I can't find anything about Nvidia pushing its Dolby stuff, unless it doesn't support that (yet)?
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    Not sure if it's exactly the same, but it should be very similar.
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    I can't imagine it being different in terms of the SPDIF connection. They might have just referred to the usual pass-through, but decorated it with things that audio cards will really be doing. As far as I know, whatever your sound card is capable of, the graphics card's pass-through will send it through HDMI.

    In terms of DD TrueHD specifically, I think the Auzentech Home Theater is the only one that supports it. Of course, like Creative's newer cards with decoding, that will require PowerDVD...
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    Re: Building a computer? Need advice/suggestions? Come here!

    Quote Originally Posted by Guru3D
    Directly tied to the UVD engine is obviously also sound. AMD's Radeon series 3000, 4000 and 5000 cards can pass lossless sound directly through the HDMI connector. This has been upgraded as it's now possible to have 7.1 channel lossless sound 192kHz / 24-bit. The HDMI audio output follows HDMI standard 1.3a and now also supports Dolby True HD and DTS-HD audio. Obviously there is also support for standard PCM, AC-3 and DTS.
    Thats what they say, still dunno if that requires a 7.1 capable sound card or not...
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    Re: Building a computer? Need advice/suggestions? Come here!

    In order to send out a 7.1 signal you need a 7.1 capable sound card.
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