- Oct 26, 2013
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My media center currently has a GT 220 that works with sound through HDMI. I like how it functions, but as best I can tell it doesn't work with surround sound. It was a cheap card to begin with and now the fan is dieing, so I am considering upgrading if there are ones out there that offer a better experience for a media center. One of the things I would like to also find is a card with all passive cooling. There is space and decent airflow in my case and everything else runs really quite so it would be nice to have a card that is silent.
The biggest thing I am not understanding is what actually will accomplish what I want. I see several advertising HDCP Ready Video, is that accomplishing sound through the card? I struggling to find a decent explanation of how it works.
Any suggestions? Obviously looking for cheap while accomplishing what I want, this is a media center and only streams video. My preference is to go with nvidia, because it runs through a DLP TV that overscales and nvidia tools were a whole lot easier to adjust the picture last time I compared to Radeon.
I think part of the problem might be a windows issue too, because it is identifying the TV as only having two speakers, but it is fully capable of routing the HDMI through digital sound cables if windows cooperates. I really want a card that just handles all the HDMI stuff with no effort. Wishful thinking?
The biggest thing I am not understanding is what actually will accomplish what I want. I see several advertising HDCP Ready Video, is that accomplishing sound through the card? I struggling to find a decent explanation of how it works.
Any suggestions? Obviously looking for cheap while accomplishing what I want, this is a media center and only streams video. My preference is to go with nvidia, because it runs through a DLP TV that overscales and nvidia tools were a whole lot easier to adjust the picture last time I compared to Radeon.
I think part of the problem might be a windows issue too, because it is identifying the TV as only having two speakers, but it is fully capable of routing the HDMI through digital sound cables if windows cooperates. I really want a card that just handles all the HDMI stuff with no effort. Wishful thinking?
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