2600 is a real nice card. You don't need an extra soundcard as it has one built in and hooked directly to the HDMI connector, which is really a DVI connecter with an adapter for that card. Thats all well and good if you are only putting the sound to the TV or a HDMI capable receiver. If you have an older reciever that you want to use regularly for sound, you may need to go a different route.
Jeff On Jan 4, 2008 2:37 PM, Matthew Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > http://www.pcalchemy.com/product_info.php/pName/msi-rx2600xtt2d512ez-radeon-hd-2600xt-512mb-gddr3-pcie-x16-dvihdmihdcp/cName/video-cards > > I like this card a bit better as it has built in HDMI output and audio > hardware decoding. What do you think? > > The thing is, if the audio and video are coming out through this card via > HDMI, and the HDMI goes to the TV, how does the audio get to the amplifier? > > Would I be able to use just this video card for audio, or would I have to > buy a good sound card? I really only need 5.1. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;160198600;22374440;w Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:249845 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
