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RiseDarthVader · 10-29-2008, 04:49 AM

So does onboard sound decode HD audio for HTPCs? So do we still hear the difference like everyone else?

Carlsberg19 · 10-29-2008, 07:58 AM

cool

famu97 · 10-29-2008, 09:43 PM

onboard HD audio is a joke. Most motherboard manufacturers advertise HD audio but it's really not good sound quality. It's all software decoding and there's no volume being pushed through even if it's via S/P-DIF out or optical TOS link connection. Unless you just want to save some money, you can use onboard audio but please get an S/P-DIF connection. You're probably better off buying a dedicated sound card. Something like the creative sound blaster Xi-Fi PCi-e is affordable and supports 7.1 sound with an optical out connection. Auzentech is suppose to be coming out with a snd card any day that's suppose to be the first pc snd card to have onboard Dolby DTS-HD audio & True-HD audio with no downsampling. It has HDMI out that integrates your video with the snd cards snd stream and sends out via one HDMI cable. see auzentech.com. It's probably going to be expensive, at least $199 if not more like $250.

RiseDarthVader · 10-30-2008, 05:56 AM

So currently no oboard sound offers true Hidh-Definition audio? Just downsampled audio? Will it still sound better then DVD? My mobo is a 750i

10-29-2008, 04:49 AM	#1
RiseDarthVader Power Member Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Australia Blu-ray collection:136	HTPC- HD audio So does onboard sound decode HD audio for HTPCs? So do we still hear the difference like everyone else?

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10-29-2008, 07:58 AM	#2
Carlsberg19 Senior Member Top contributor Member since:Apr 2008 Location:Donegal, Ireland Home Theater Gallery:9 Blu-ray collection:58 Blu-ray reviews:7	cool

10-29-2008, 09:43 PM	#3
famu97 Member Member since:Oct 2008 4K collection:39 Blu-ray collection:41 Trading Score:79	onboard HD audio is a joke. Most motherboard manufacturers advertise HD audio but it's really not good sound quality. It's all software decoding and there's no volume being pushed through even if it's via S/P-DIF out or optical TOS link connection. Unless you just want to save some money, you can use onboard audio but please get an S/P-DIF connection. You're probably better off buying a dedicated sound card. Something like the creative sound blaster Xi-Fi PCi-e is affordable and supports 7.1 sound with an optical out connection. Auzentech is suppose to be coming out with a snd card any day that's suppose to be the first pc snd card to have onboard Dolby DTS-HD audio & True-HD audio with no downsampling. It has HDMI out that integrates your video with the snd cards snd stream and sends out via one HDMI cable. see auzentech.com. It's probably going to be expensive, at least $199 if not more like $250.

10-30-2008, 05:56 AM	#4
RiseDarthVader Power Member Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Australia Blu-ray collection:136	So currently no oboard sound offers true Hidh-Definition audio? Just downsampled audio? Will it still sound better then DVD? My mobo is a 750i

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