Thread: UGH!!!!

Originally Posted by Burned

DVI is the way to go..just one question..which Slot would you plug your monitor into? o.O

Believe it or not, DVI is capable of passing digital audio, similar to HDMI. This is a plus if you are building a Home Theater PC because you don't need to use a seperate sound card with SPDIF out, or config the onboard SPDIF out.

ATI offers this, allowing you to pass digital audio through your video card (weird, right?). The trick was that you had to do it using a DVI to HDMI adapter and an HDMI cable. I was able to get the sound to work, but the adapter made the video display look terrible on my television.

Solution? I used a DVI to HDMI cable. With the cable, there was no problem converting the DVI to HDMI, and I was able to pass audio through my video card. I eventually changed this because the video card was limited to passing sound via SPDIF, and there were some files and applications that were not supported by SPDIF.

Anyways... the HDMI on the actual video card is a great idea if you use your TV with your Home Theater PC. And HDMI can actually handle more bandwith than DVI, so it IS the future of PC gaming... it's just not needed just yet.