HDMI output or Motherboard output for better sound??

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Arnab Roy Chowdhury

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Hii. I recently brought a BenQ RL2455 gaming monitor which has sound output port.. I own R9 270x GPU and my motherboard is Gigabyte 990FXA UD5 which supports Dolby Home theater.. I use a simple stereo subwoofer speaker system.. Should I switch to HDMI audio output or keep using Motherboard audio?? which would be better??
 
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There should be nearly no difference, technically HDMI can carry Digital signals and then your device is the DAC (a DAC turns digital sound into analogue sound which is the things you hear (basically))
Whereas your onboard sound card on your motherboard acts as the DAC and delivers it straight to your speakers.
So technically they should be about the same. Depending on the motherboard DAC and if it is also an AMP.

HDMI can support 7.1 speakers but seeing as you're just using stereo, again there should be nearly no difference. You are using the audio jacks on your motherboard right?
I would use the onboard motherboard sound as it usually has more effects.

-good luck

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There should be nearly no difference, technically HDMI can carry Digital signals and then your device is the DAC (a DAC turns digital sound into analogue sound which is the things you hear (basically))
Whereas your onboard sound card on your motherboard acts as the DAC and delivers it straight to your speakers.
So technically they should be about the same. Depending on the motherboard DAC and if it is also an AMP.

HDMI can support 7.1 speakers but seeing as you're just using stereo, again there should be nearly no difference. You are using the audio jacks on your motherboard right?
I would use the onboard motherboard sound as it usually has more effects.

-good luck

 
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Arnab Roy Chowdhury

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Thank you for sharing your knowledge Anonymouselite5 .... Now If I switch to HDMI I have the same problem as stated in the thread below.. Help me on this please.

http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-2540322/sound-750-hdmi-output-options-realtek-settings-screenshots-included.html

 
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