So I have my PC hooked up to my HDTV in the living room, and I'm trying to figure out what the better way is to go for optimal sound. In my PC I have:
- ATI 6950 which has HDMI audio
- Creative Labs X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty soundcard
My speaker setup in the living room is:
- Polk Monitor 60 fronts, Monitor 20 surrounds, CS2 center, Polk subwoofer, and a newer Panasonic receiver...sorry I can't remember the model # as I post this.
I'm not using my PC in the living room for Blu-Ray viewing, so DTS-HD MA and Dolby TrueHD are not a factor when it comes to my PC. So what I'm wondering is, when I have my PC hooked up to my receiver is the receiver doing audio decoding, or the PC? I'm assuming it's the PC so in this case wouldn't I probably get better overall sound if I used the optical out of the X-Fi and hook that up to the receiver rather than using the HDMI audio of the video card?
- ATI 6950 which has HDMI audio
- Creative Labs X-Fi Titanium Fatal1ty soundcard
My speaker setup in the living room is:
- Polk Monitor 60 fronts, Monitor 20 surrounds, CS2 center, Polk subwoofer, and a newer Panasonic receiver...sorry I can't remember the model # as I post this.
I'm not using my PC in the living room for Blu-Ray viewing, so DTS-HD MA and Dolby TrueHD are not a factor when it comes to my PC. So what I'm wondering is, when I have my PC hooked up to my receiver is the receiver doing audio decoding, or the PC? I'm assuming it's the PC so in this case wouldn't I probably get better overall sound if I used the optical out of the X-Fi and hook that up to the receiver rather than using the HDMI audio of the video card?
