About the Radeon 3850 HD Audio

[stridervm]

I just received my Radeon 3850's and are pretty happy with it. And now only one thing makes me think.....

What is really the point of the 3850's HD audio "thing" ? I don't really know it's purpose.......

Performance? Feature? Anything? >.<

 

[compy386]

It lets you plug your Radeon into an HDTV using HDMI. You'll get sound directly into the TV without having to deal with extra cables and such.

 

[roadrunner197069]

Exactly. Alot of TVs wont allow max resolution from the VGA port, so if one has a 1080p TV and wants 1920x1080 resolution you need to use you TVs HDMI port. TV deticated HDMI will squeal and pop if it dont find a video and audio feed through the same cable. Luckily mine has 1 HDMI for video and sound and one HDMI for just video.