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Darien13   01-27-2009 at 05:59:52 AM

Hey, so i'm creating a new build with a Radeon 4830 Hd with a Creative Sound Blaster Audigy SE 7.1 Sound Card.

I'm going to connect this top my sony bravia HDTV, and i've heard that HD sound can be output through the HDMI cable.

Will getting a sound card affect the audio from the HDMI connection, and is there any sound card that support an Hd audio connection, that can output the many different audio forms?

Help is appreciated.

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Bronze Graphics badge jay2tall   01-27-2009 at 05:04:45 PM
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The ATi cards have a build in 7.1 sound device. This is the only sound that can be sent through the HDMI connection from the card. If you want to use the sound from your Sound Blast you will need to use HDMI for video only and then output the audio via cables to your TV.

You can change which sound device your computer uses in the control panel. I have an X-Fi XtremeGamer card that I use but it also allows me to switch to the onboard sound to my video card for HDMI.

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Silver Graphics badge TheGreatGrapeApe   01-29-2009 at 09:38:09 AM
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If you're just hooking it up to the Bravia, then stick with the HD4830.

For HD Audio you need a proper decoder (good AV receiver).

For all the features of a Creative card, plus HDAudio, then you need this;
http://www.auzentech.com/site/prod [...] ter_hd.php

But if you don't have a receiver to decode DTS-HD Master and Dolby TruHD, then there's little benefit if you're just sending it to the 2.0/2.1 audio of your TV.

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Bronze Graphics badge jay2tall   01-29-2009 at 04:10:58 PM
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Yeah, what the monkey said! haha.

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ungrettir   01-30-2009 at 01:01:16 AM
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for sound via the hdmi download the new catalist 9.1 driver from ati.

http://ati.amd.com/support/driver.html

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