Maximus Code X + Logitech - Z5500 - DTS/DD in Games

[McDaniel]

Hi,

Getting DTS/DD out of my trusty Z5500 fine but not on games, reading around seems I need DTS Connect / DD Live or both.

Seems my motherboard doesnt support it, or if it does I can't get it working...

Are there cheap(ish) Sound Cards that have DTS Connect / DD Live that I can use to get 5.1 on games of Optical?

Cheers,

 

[Marsman]

Why not just use the 6 channel direct 3.5mm inputs?

There's no real advantage using optical over the direct 6 channel input. Sound card will use DDL or DTSC to encode the 5.1 audio with DD or DTS send to the Z5500, which then decodes that as 5.1 audio. Might as well just send 5.1 direct.