nvidia hidef audio on tv

geminitiger · 15 Feb 2011 at 22:52

this shows up on my playback devices and works fine but,do i need the audigy card connected for this to work?

im thinkin gettin plantronics 995?headset and mic wireless for ts3 gaming and removing the sb.
thanks

Tealc · 15 Feb 2011 at 22:57

I believe the grfx card outputs sound only via hdmi on mine. Not sure about outputs on other cards though, maybe others have alternates.

geminitiger · 16 Feb 2011 at 07:44

thanks Tealc, im using Hdmi so seems should work .

Tealc · 16 Feb 2011 at 08:34

Just made me realise I know nothing about the way graphics cards process and use this sound. Where does the sound come from? Onboard? Soundcard? Direct from applications? I also know nothing about it's capailities and whether you can feed a microphone signal back, although I note that my ATI HDMI option has no recording ability.

THC_SsSsSnake · 16 Feb 2011 at 17:25

i disabled souncard and the music plays through tv

james.miller · 17 Feb 2011 at 23:29

geminitiger said:
this shows up on my playback devices and works fine but,do i need the audigy card connected for this to work?

if you have dont have a cable from your soundcard to the graphics card and you still get audio over hdmi, then your graphics card has a sound processor onboard. older nvidia cards didnt have this, newer ones do.

Tealc, as above older cards need an spdif cable joining the soundcard to the graphics card. new cards like your ATi dont as they have an spu onboard. they literally ARE both a graphics card and a sound card in one.

I also know nothing about it's capailities and whether you can feed a microphone signal back, although I note that my ATI HDMI option has no recording ability.

you cant plug anything in to your ati card, it is strictly audio-output only.

THC_SsSsSnake · 18 Feb 2011 at 07:33

thanks james,ive taken out the soundcard now and all is working good. now dont know wether to order the corsair hs headphones or the wireless g930 hmmmm