Need a Gfx card with Audio output over HDMI

[Jez]

Cheap as possible guys, i need a card for a home theatre PC with HDMI with audio support.

I know nothing about gfx cards. What should i get. It doesnt need any other features other than supporting 1920*1080 output res over hdmi with audio inline too.

 

[Jez]

Cool cheers guys, much appreciated Needed to be low profile too but thats cool i know what to pick up now

 

[Jez]

Remember you won't get HD audio decoding with that set up, just in case it's important to you.

What do you mean by that mate?

 

[Jez]

he is incorrect, what you get is limited HD audio decoding, that means you'll get 48khz/16 bit output from blurays using the appropriate software (pdvd ect). what you dont get is full resolution decoding from hd audio (96khz from the 3 or 4 discs that support it, and 24bit audio but there are debates as to how much difference that really makes) and you dont get trueHD or DTS:MA streaming either (no sending the stream to the amp for the amp to decode), it has to be decoded by the software player

I dont know what any of that stuff means mate really. I just want stereo, this feed is going into my houses HDMI matrix system to be displayed on plasma's, projectors and LCD's around the house, through each tv's internal speakers.....

While watching in my living room i will flick the audio feed over to the htpc's sound card, which outputs using spdif to an external receiver. Its the audio in the other rooms which i am interested in as i only have single HDMI's plastered into the walls to each one and the matrix is only currently fed by skyhd, so needed a solution to get both video and audio to each display using that cable alone from the pc.

I have an RF long range keyboard with trackpad for control which works all over the house, the idea is that i can now choose on the matrix whether i have sky HD or the pc on each screen, currently the pc only works in the lounge as it is connected via standard dsub to the lounges projector.

If that makes sense

 

[Jez]

haha yeah it does. in that case anything with a hdmi output will do but id still go with an ati 43xx if only for its low power consumption and silent running

Oh i have, went for a 4350 in the end.

 

[Jez]

It was basically the same as that one yeah mate, gigabyte though iirc

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-042-GI&groupid=701&catid=56&subcat=1274