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Yeah, I pretty much came to my own conclusion that it was crap. But I'm thinking of this one: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00EO6X7PG/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=A2L77EE7U53NWQ&psc=1 What do you think?

- Soundcard with Optical out. HDMI/Displayport/VGA for video to the monitor, and optical cable from the soundcard to the port on the Sony. Video is displayed on the monitor, audio comes out the speakers connected to the Sony. Hi again. Would this external sound card work...

Can I adapt the GPU on the motherboard to HDMI, maybe using the DisplayPort socket? If not, could you give me an example of a dedicated GPU that would work? This one https://www.amazon.com/dp/B006MBP7R2/ref=dp_cerb_2 is described as a "video graphics card". It has an HDMI slot but I personally...

It's cool that we have the same receiver! I have never found out how to use Dolby Atmos. Do you know? And what kind of card would I need to get both audio and video into the HDMI cable? Would that be a graphics card? Couldn't I keep the monitor connected at the old slot on the PC (which is VGA...

Yes, I'm trying to get 7.1. By the way, my Sony STR DN1080 supposedly is equipped for Dolby Atmos, but I have never found any setting for that... MEANWHILE, I don't even know how to get 7.1. I have this HP Elite 8200 SFF Desktop PC - Intel Core i5-2400 3.1GHz - old computer (but I like it)...

Cool. So I can keep the monitor connected to the PC where it is, and process just the audio to the receiver (right?). Good feedback; I'm on the right track now, I think. Time to shop for a sound card.

I see that you guys are right. Thanks for pointing this out. There are sound cards with HDMI outputs. I guess there are corresponding HDMI inputs on the receiver that will accept audio only? There aren't 8 separate RCA jacks, of course, so HDMI must be the way to go, even for audio only. Right?

My goal is only to send a 7.1 audio signal to my 7.1 receiver. I think I went in the wrong direction. Since the graphics card I bought contained "7.1" as part of its description, I thought it would send both audio and video to the receiver from the computer, and I would take the video back out...

And just use the graphics of the computer - no graphics card? I doubt the computer has 7.1; maybe it has 5.1? Sorry for being green about all this. But one starts at the beginning, right? things have changed a lot since my dad's Heathkit AR-15 was the coolest hi-fi in the world!

Yes, that's true. I have a DMS59 to HDMI converter. I suspect it's not adequate for the purpose. Maybe I should get a card with an HDMI socket? My purpose is to send 7.1 audio to my receiver.

OK. I understand that. But how do I - or can I? - connect the computer to the receiver? Looking at the manual for the receiver, I don't see any mention of the possibility of connecting a computer to it. I mostly wanted to send the audio signal to the receiver and keep seeing the video the way I...

hello. I have an HP Elite 8200 SFF Desktop PC - Intel Core i5-2400 3.1GHz 8GB 500GB computer. I just installed an AMD Radeon 109-C09057-00 V218 VER 7.1 PCIe Graphics Card. The card is configured for PCIe and there are sockets it fits in, but the mounting/metal part did not correspond to my...