Digital out to Onkyo ht s5300

[darkphate]

do i still need to buy a sound card for great sound or does my htib do the work?

 

[rolli59]

Your onboard should work. What connection options do you have?

 

[darkphate]

digital out and my graphic cards have hdmis i thought id be able to use those because they show up on the sound devices to though but theyre not working intially they worked one time couldnt get them to work a 2nd time after i went digital out thats attached to mobo

 

[rolli59]

Some GPU cards have built in sound others don't. There are several options. Run digital from onboard to receiver. If your GPU has sound onboard then you have to disable onboard on the motherboard and use the one on your GPU through HDMI. If it is not on the GPU then spdif cable from the onboard to the GPU will allow sound out through HDMI.

 

[darkphate]

i thought digital out is spdif.... it is connected thru mobo to receiver atm via spdif/digital out.

 

[rolli59]

That is correct but there is in many cases internal connectors as well. If it is working fine as is (using digital out to receiver) then you are good. Adding an dedicated sound card is optional and disputed, some people claim a noticeable difference in sound quality most people don't but then again it is all based on quality of all components such as speakers, receiver and so on.

 

[darkphate]

it seems to work fine i get to select if sound is controlled by spdif or 5.1 in vlc media player.
I guess im just wondering if it can get better.