Video card for HTPC (HDMI with audio?). I'm not too sure how to find the thread number to enter in "related thread(s)", but this is similar to my hunt (though a little old): With how fast video tech seems to advance, I was wondering if the advice in that...

PC VIDEO CARD WITH HDMI OUTPUT not dvi HDMI. Hello all I was wondering if anyone out there knows what the cheapest high end HDMI output video card out there. i keep getting dumb ass responses from people that cant tell the simple difference between an HDMI...

HTPC HDMI Graphics and Audio Question. I'm thinking about building an HTPC with an ASUS motherboard, AMD Phenom Processor, and a Blu-Ray drive. But I definitely want to have an HDMI video card. An HDMI video card isn't terribly hard to find, but I want to make...

for that kind of video work. My main questions: Is it possible to get HDMI audio/video from a Nvidia 8600 GTS? If you buy a DVI to HDMI adapter, can you get the audio from HDMI? I know you get it with the ATI board as they include the hardware but if...

HTPC HDMI Sound and Video Card. I want to build a HTPC. Im going to use a radeon HD video card. Will the hdmi output of this card provide the audio for it? By providing the audio will it use resources from the GPU? If I add a sound card will the card provide...

coming out that have HDMI you could pass the sound to the card with a cable inside, and still achieve audio and video over HDMI. I would much rather the option to pass sound from my sound card for HDMI than be forced to have some crappy built in sound on the...

for PCs. There is certainly no move from video card and sound card makers makers like ATI, Nvidia and Creative to integrate their products (combo video/audio card). And integrating HDMI on a typical PC motherboard is asking for jitter and noise issues with...

reason y it is said that ati cards are better for htpcs is because there is an audio device embedid in avery ati card for easy hdmi audio, wereaz nvidia has to pull audio from a spdif connector. Stream does have a lot of potential.. by the time openCL is all...

more review come out on the best methods. One of the trickiest parts of building a HTPC is ensuring that the audio comes out the HDMI. For this you want a graphics card that has SPDIF input. The GTX 275 does. Do any low-powered ones? My dad has HDMI out...

Blu Ray Movies or HTPC, does HDMI audio offer an advantage over an ordinary sound card audio? What about the video card's HD audio? Does Video Card's HD audio via HDMI offers any advantage over Creative's Sound Blaster X-Fi Fatality Pro??? Do I really need...