Why the move away from add in sound cards?

Quartz · 2025-01-19T21:10:22+0000

Pete Tong said:
Are onboard solutions really that good now?

Why bother when you can have a USB device? The longer you keep the sound purely digital the better.

hornetstinger · 2025-01-19T21:22:49+0000

Sin_Chase said:
Passthrough is an entirely different game and you dont need an addin card for that. Onboard audio is fine for an optical passthough as it does no processing.

Yes I did, HDMI does not function properly, as it requires a fake secondary display to be active.

Motherboard does not have optical out.

Bluecube · 2025-01-19T22:46:01+0000

hornetstinger said:
Yes I did, HDMI does not function properly, as it requires a fake secondary display to be active.

Depends what inputs/ outputs your monitor has. I use HDMI into my TV which passes the sound through to my soundbar.

hornetstinger · 2025-01-19T22:50:24+0000

Bluecube said:
Depends what inputs/ outputs your monitor has. I use HDMI into my TV which passes the sound through to my soundbar.

No audio outputs on monitor.