Sapphire HD 7870 Skipping Sound?

murchak

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Hi all,

My Sapphire HD7870 2GB OC GHz Edition card is connected to my TV via an HDMI cable, and very often it drops sound for 1 or 2 seconds while the video is fine (whether I watch DVDs, or stream Netflix for example).

I didn't have this issue before the video card when I used to connect my MOBO's (Asus Gryphon Z87) HDMI out to the TV.

This must be a card problem. Any suggestions as what could be causing it? Anyone else has had this problem?
 
Solution
It may be a conflict with the onboard sound from your motherboard, make sure it is disabled. The card has its own sound chip.

murchak

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Thanks rolli59. That seemed to the trick. I disable the on-board sound in the BIOS, and watched an entire episode of family guy without a single sound skip. Hopefully, it'll stay like that.