Games which support 5.1 DD

hibeesmad · 10 Jul 2008 at 19:49

Which current games support 5.1 surround?

Thanks,

Johnny.

SkeeterUK · 10 Jul 2008 at 19:53

Mass Effect
Civ 4 and expansions
Gears of War
Gta sa
Half Life 2 i think.

Those are just off top of my head.

hibeesmad · 10 Jul 2008 at 20:02

What about GRID and COD4?

Indy500 · 10 Jul 2008 at 20:04

Even old stuff like Unreal Tournament supported it back in 1999....

snowdog · 10 Jul 2008 at 20:05

All source games.
Pretty much all modern games, specifically EA games...
Worms Armageddon
RA2 from the first decade pack.
Cod4 yes.
DMC4
...
...
80% of all games that have been out the the past 2 years...

Grid doesn't for me...

SkeeterUK · 10 Jul 2008 at 20:05

Dont recall ut had 5.1 tho i havent played it in years so i probably forgot if it does or doesnt.

hibeesmad · 10 Jul 2008 at 20:10

Could someone please recommend me an Intel board which supports 5.1 optical. My current 680i only supports the front two speakers and I am buying a Yamaha AV Package 63 system. I have had a look at the P45 boards however I am unsure of which support optical.

Thanks,

Johnny.

Indy500 · 10 Jul 2008 at 20:15

SkeeterPSA said:
Dont recall ut had 5.1 tho i havent played it in years so i probably forgot if it does or doesnt.

There's a surround sound option and I verified it worked with a Creative SB Live and T5300 speakers.

spacedskunk · 10 Jul 2008 at 20:16

My soundcard 'upscales' 2.0 games to 5.0 for me. It isn't as good as being programmed for surround sound respectively but it does a fine job.

Margaret · 10 Jul 2008 at 20:19

BioShock and Condemned have good use of surround sound too.

snowdog · 10 Jul 2008 at 20:30

Update: Grid does have 5.1 since v1.2, unlike in my last post.

Confused · 10 Jul 2008 at 21:58

hibeesmad said:
Could someone please recommend me an Intel board which supports 5.1 optical. My current 680i only supports the front two speakers and I am buying a Yamaha AV Package 63 system. I have had a look at the P45 boards however I am unsure of which support optical.

Thanks,

Johnny.

If you want 5.1 from games via an optical connection you will need a soundcard/onboard sound that has Dolby Digital Live (DDL) or DTS Connect (DTSC) support.

Most soundcards with optical out, unless specified otherwise, will only give you 2.0 sound via optical in Windows/games, and only give you surround from a DVD or other video files encoded with discrete multichannel audio.

Participant · 10 Jul 2008 at 22:12

People. 5.1 does not = 5.1 DOLBY DIGITAL!

5.1 DD is a PITA and forget it via any X-Fi cards without a separate adpation.

Newer cards can do it but otherwise you need to use the analogue connection if you want to seamlessly switch between 5.1 in movies and games.

craptakular · 10 Jul 2008 at 22:44

Confused said:
If you want 5.1 from games via an optical connection you will need a soundcard/onboard sound that has Dolby Digital Live (DDL) or DTS Connect (DTSC) support.

Most soundcards with optical out, unless specified otherwise, will only give you 2.0 sound via optical in Windows/games, and only give you surround from a DVD or other video files encoded with discrete multichannel audio.

This is very true, I have onboard sound via SPDIF to my AV REciever which decodes a 2.0 channel into Dolby Pro Logic 2. Dunno if DDL or DTSC is worth it for me?

hibeesmad · 10 Jul 2008 at 23:20

So if I am understadning this correctly, I will not be able to achieve 5.1 from optical on a motherboard for the surround sound to work with games?

What will I need in order to achieve this? I am new to this so I hope you can help me!

Cheers.

skullman · 11 Jul 2008 at 01:22

For 5.1 gaming ive got a speaker system that plugs into the 3 analogue sockets on my 5.1 soundcard - one for surround speakers, one for sub and one for centre speaker.

btw most games support 5.1 these days. Some 7.1 and even 9.1.

craptakular · 11 Jul 2008 at 07:38

hibeesmad said:
So if I am understadning this correctly, I will not be able to achieve 5.1 from optical on a motherboard for the surround sound to work with games?

What will I need in order to achieve this? I am new to this so I hope you can help me!

Cheers.

What you plugin the opticial cable into AV REciever? or bog standard creative 5.1 set?

Confused · 11 Jul 2008 at 11:33

hibeesmad said:
So if I am understadning this correctly, I will not be able to achieve 5.1 from optical on a motherboard for the surround sound to work with games?

What will I need in order to achieve this? I am new to this so I hope you can help me!

Cheers.

Yes, you can, providing the motherboard states that it supports Dolby Digital Live (DDL) or DTS Connect (DTSC). Not all do, you have to check that it explicitly states that it does.

If you cannot find a motherboard that does this, then you will need a separate sound card which supports DDL/DTSC.

Oh, just an addition - DDL could also be called "Dolby HomeTheatre Technologies" I believe.

hibeesmad · 11 Jul 2008 at 15:16

Oxy said:
What you plugin the opticial cable into AV REciever? or bog standard creative 5.1 set?

AV reciever. Do you recommend any motherboards or sound cards?