video cards with HDMI and sound

[velocci]

Hi all, I'm using my MSI 1050Ti as the video card for my home theater PC. If i'm watching a movie file that has 7.1 audio, will the sound going into the receiver be 7.1 or will the PC/video only do stereo?

 

[feelinfroggy777]

Yes, all 10xx series Pascal cards support 7.1 audio through HDMI.

https://nvidia.custhelp.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/2796/~/which-hdmi-audio-formats-do-nvidia-gpus-support%3F

 

[velocci]

cool, thanks for that site. do mini display ports also have audio?

 

[feelinfroggy777]

I think some of the older Mac's (from 2009) don't support audio over mini DP, but anything modern should.

 

[velocci]

I had no idea. I did a search and all I can find is that it supports multi-channel audio. do you know if it does 7.1 and HDR?

 

[feelinfroggy777]

Yeah, it should do 7 .1. I am not certain about HDR, but I think it will work because the HDR spec is with the panel itself.

 

[velocci]

thanks