audio question

[Grim Reaper]

if i buy a new video card for my pc. will i get both video & audio through the hdmi port? since my pc only came with dvi/vga.

[sk33tr]

Originally Posted by Grim Reaper

if i buy a new video card for my pc. will i get both video & audio through the hdmi port? since my pc only came with dvi/vga.

unfortunately no.

the video card can only output video.

you'd need to get a sound card (or use the on-board sound if it's available) for the sound.

[Grim Reaper]

i bought the playstation tv yesterday. and, im using that as my monitor. it does have component inputs. would this work if i bought it? since i already have a cable for audio.

[LIONSFAN20]

I think I get audio from my GTX680 card. I also use the PS display as a monitor, but I have had headphones for so long I dont remember. But I thought I got sound from it. I will check tonight and let you know

[Trogdor2010]

Yes, even the DVI port in most modern graphics card can output audio (as long as you use a DVI-to-HDMI cable you should be fine). AMD (ATI 3000 series or newer) graphics cards are usually plug and play with this implementation, while Nvidia (9000 series or newer) requires you to use the SDPIF output on the card to the motherboard, but shouldn't be too hard to use.

One note, some Nvidia cards may not bitstream DTS-HD or TrueHD (although like the PS3, most current blu-ray software should provide the audio codecs you need. AMD usually does a pretty good job with keeping up as HTPC features, but still check if the cards can bitstream.

[Grim Reaper]

thx lion...

this is what my pc came with.

amd a6-3620 apu with radeon hd graphics 2.20ghz (radeon hd 6530d)

[Trogdor2010]

Originally Posted by Grim Reaper

thx lion...

this is what my pc came with.

amd a6-3620 apu with radeon hd graphics 2.20ghz (radeon hd 6530d)

Are you intending on using the integrated graphics with the motherboard for audio? Although you should be able to use a normal Graphics card, I'm not familiar with APUs. If you have a DVI-TO-HDMI cable, it would depend if the APU has a built in audio chip like the stand alone video cards and if you can send audio from the motherboard's DVI port.