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Looking for inexpensive sound card
2011-03-16, 9:24 AM #1
i'm looking for a cheap (price not quality) sound card that has S/PDIF out, so i can hook up to my receiver via optical cable, since the stupid thing doesnt do HDMI audio. Right now since it does pass through the HDMI audio, i have to have my television on in order to hear sound output from the computer. I had RCA cables going to it for a while, but i'd like to get (at least) 5.1 sound.

Heres what i'm looking at currently:


http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829132013

or

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829102027

i'm trying to keep it under $100. Any tips or recommendations appreciated.


Sorry JLee, that audigy 2 didnt play nice with Windows 7. boo.
My girlfriend paid a lot of money for that tv; I want to watch ALL OF IT. - JM
2011-03-16, 2:57 PM #2
Have you thought about a motherboard swap? I don't know what you'd need so I have no idea what that expense might be.
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2011-03-16, 7:37 PM #3
Why would I do that? Nothing is wrong with the mobo.
My girlfriend paid a lot of money for that tv; I want to watch ALL OF IT. - JM
2011-03-16, 7:41 PM #4
does your tv have optical out? most tvs will pass the digital audio from hdmi out the optical out. just run that to your receiver. :)
gbk is 50 probably

MB IS FAT
2011-03-16, 7:49 PM #5
He wants to run the audio without needing to keep his TV on.
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2011-03-16, 7:51 PM #6
Originally posted by Ford:
Why would I do that? Nothing is wrong with the mobo.


S/PDIF output without the need for a separate audio card. Just have no idea how the costs would compare.
"I would rather claim to be an uneducated man than be mal-educated and claim to be otherwise." - Wookie 03:16

2011-03-16, 8:00 PM #7
I found a Rocketfish card a while back in the $30 range at Best Buy that had optical out. The times I've used its optical output, I've not had any complaints.
the idiot is the person who follows the idiot and your not following me your insulting me your following the path of a idiot so that makes you the idiot - LC Tusken
2011-03-16, 10:16 PM #8
Originally posted by NoESC:
does your tv have optical out? most tvs will pass the digital audio from hdmi out the optical out. just run that to your receiver. :)


the problem is far too many TVs will not pass through AC3 or DTS from HDMI input... they will only do 2ch PCM
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2011-03-17, 10:36 AM #9
You really don't need much for an optical out.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16829126005

Analog quality probably sucks but it's cheap. It's a VIA chip so Windows will probably have drivers for it out of the box.
Bassoon, n. A brazen instrument into which a fool blows out his brains.
2011-03-17, 9:42 PM #10
I have an audigy 2 on windows 7, I'm not sure why since I also have a motherboard with onboard sound. I'm too lazy to take it out though.

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