SPDIF connection on GTS 250

Hi, I have a ECS GTS 250 ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6814134064 ) and I recently purchased an HDTV that I'd like to hook up my computer to. The easiest way would be with a DVI-HDMI converter which was included with the card to the HDMI port in the TV. My problem is with hooking up the sound to the video card. It came with the cable to do it, and the side that connects to the card is pretty obvious, but the other side is just 2 single pin connectors and I'm not sure exactly where they should go. Im trying to connect it to a Creative Sound Blaster X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty Professional ( http://www.newegg.com/Product/Prod [...] 6829102019 ). Thanks for the help.

You can't get audio out of a DVI->HDMI cable/converter. There are no audio pins on a DVI connector. At least as far as I know there aren't. I'm not sure why a video card with out an HDMI port would even have a digital audio connector.

Your best bet is to use a separate cable to carry the audio from your sound blaster to you receiver.

The manual from the video card is in no way helpful, since for the last step it says "If user adopts the HDMI application, pls make sure your SPIDF cable connect to the VGA card & MB properly." It also shows a picture of where the cable goes on the video card, as if it wasn't obvious enough. The only mention of the internal pins on the sound card's manual is for a 10 pin front panel Intel HD sound connection. However there is a whole other set of pins located on the back of the card which as far as I know are not mentioned in the manual.

I wouldn't have a problem just running a cable from the sound card directly to the TV for the sound, but I'm under the impression that since it connects via HDMI the TV will be looking for sound from that connection and not recognize a secondary source.

Go to creative web pages. There is an SPDIF connector on the XIFI Card. You can connect the SPDIF from XFI to your video card. The diagram you need to dig out on the creative web page. Some how i lost the pdf file. You will find it...

On the control panel audio option select SPEAKERS (creative SB_XFI)
On the creative consul launcher , Encouder Settings, Select Dolby Digital. Click Settings and Select SPDIF.

I have done this on my BFG GTX 280 and XFI cards and get the sound to come out on the HDMI.

BFG send me an DVI-HDMI converter, SPDIF cable, and HDMI cable. This is the same case as you indicated on your video card. You should get a sound from XFI to your Video card.