Mobo or GPU audio to speakers

jamzdean

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Jan 30, 2015
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Dumb question, I’m sure, but….
I have a Gigabyte Gaming MOBO with a Sound Blaster card built in. I also have a MSI GTX 970 GPU. My monitor has speakers built in and I am using a DVI to HDMI cable from the GPU to my monitor. So my question is, how do I get the best sound to my speakers/monitor? Does the Graphics card use the Sound Blaster board from the MOBO in any way, or do I need to run something from the MOBO to the Monitor to get the best sound?

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There should be an audio cable or cables from the monitor that will plug into the audio ports on the back of your comp.

EDIT:
There is a green audio cable shown here that comes with that monitor. Should plug right into the green audio port in the back of your comp.