Hi
Looking to put the finishing touches to my HTPC rig and am considering getting a X-Meridian sound card, however......
In the main I will use my HTPC for movies and would suspect that on board sound via the Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R via S/PDIF through to my Pioneer V1016 amp would suffice.
But I also want great sound playing the high-end games that my system is capable of running and therefore need some advice on how to achieve this.
Am I right in assuming that without a separate sound card I would only get stereo on games via S/PDIF through to my amp?
And if I did get the soundcard would the added sound features of this card be wasted if my amp did the processing or is there merit in letting the card do the work as it sounds awesome and then let the amp just amplify the sound.
Any advice very welcome.
Thanks
Looking to put the finishing touches to my HTPC rig and am considering getting a X-Meridian sound card, however......
In the main I will use my HTPC for movies and would suspect that on board sound via the Gigabyte GA-G33M-DS2R via S/PDIF through to my Pioneer V1016 amp would suffice.
But I also want great sound playing the high-end games that my system is capable of running and therefore need some advice on how to achieve this.
Am I right in assuming that without a separate sound card I would only get stereo on games via S/PDIF through to my amp?
And if I did get the soundcard would the added sound features of this card be wasted if my amp did the processing or is there merit in letting the card do the work as it sounds awesome and then let the amp just amplify the sound.
Any advice very welcome.
Thanks