Hi,
I'm strongly considering building a new PC system (mine is about 5 years old), I bought an Asus HDAV1.3 slim for my current one: http://www.asus.com/Sound_Cards_and_DigitaltoAnalog_Converters/Xonar_HDAV13_Slim/
I was hoping to leverage the HDMI and Dolby Digital Live (and the EAX stuff) , the HDMI didn't work out by the time I ran a cable out of my video card, through the sound card, into my receiver and into the TV there was noticable lag with the mouse so I ran HDMI to the TV and SPDIF to the receiver and that's worked pretty well. The DDL works well and card sounds great. I believe the drivers are crap though as my computer blue screens way too much (Win 7 64 bit) Either that or I have a flakey piece of hardware somewhere I've done memory tests, and nothing, so it could be somewhere in the MoBo, CPU, Video Card, so between that and random computer slowness I think its just time for an upgrade.
Today I have my system wired into a home theater with a projector, nice surround system, I use it mostly for listening to CDs and gaming, but its a back up for netflix/dvd/bluray and the occasional youtube or hulu.
I haven't been enamored with motherboard sound options are there any out there now with good dolby digital live/DTS interactive drivers?
What about using HDMI out from the graphics card through a receiver is this a better option?
Or is there a new dedicated sound card with rock solid drivers that might suit my needs better?
I obviously have that sound card so I can port it over if I'm not happy, but if those drivers are causing a problem then its simply not a smart move. (although i could always test my new system for a few weeks to see if there's a change in behavior).
I'll happily take any other recommendations toward a build people may have I tend to play older games, so I don't need anything too crazy for video card, but I do like the crank the settings when I do play games (Star Craft II and Final Fantasy XIV are probably 2 of the newer games I've played, and they're both a few years old at least)
Thanks in advance.
I'm strongly considering building a new PC system (mine is about 5 years old), I bought an Asus HDAV1.3 slim for my current one: http://www.asus.com/Sound_Cards_and_DigitaltoAnalog_Converters/Xonar_HDAV13_Slim/
I was hoping to leverage the HDMI and Dolby Digital Live (and the EAX stuff) , the HDMI didn't work out by the time I ran a cable out of my video card, through the sound card, into my receiver and into the TV there was noticable lag with the mouse so I ran HDMI to the TV and SPDIF to the receiver and that's worked pretty well. The DDL works well and card sounds great. I believe the drivers are crap though as my computer blue screens way too much (Win 7 64 bit) Either that or I have a flakey piece of hardware somewhere I've done memory tests, and nothing, so it could be somewhere in the MoBo, CPU, Video Card, so between that and random computer slowness I think its just time for an upgrade.
Today I have my system wired into a home theater with a projector, nice surround system, I use it mostly for listening to CDs and gaming, but its a back up for netflix/dvd/bluray and the occasional youtube or hulu.
I haven't been enamored with motherboard sound options are there any out there now with good dolby digital live/DTS interactive drivers?
What about using HDMI out from the graphics card through a receiver is this a better option?
Or is there a new dedicated sound card with rock solid drivers that might suit my needs better?
I obviously have that sound card so I can port it over if I'm not happy, but if those drivers are causing a problem then its simply not a smart move. (although i could always test my new system for a few weeks to see if there's a change in behavior).
I'll happily take any other recommendations toward a build people may have I tend to play older games, so I don't need anything too crazy for video card, but I do like the crank the settings when I do play games (Star Craft II and Final Fantasy XIV are probably 2 of the newer games I've played, and they're both a few years old at least)
Thanks in advance.