Hi,
Over the last couple of months, I have spent a lot of time looking for something that should be easy to find, graphics cards with HDMI connectors that also have an audio controller built-in. The problem is that many manufacturers say that their graphics cards have HDMI when either 1) they provide dvi with a free HDMI adapter instead of HDMI or 2) their card requires a separate audio connection (e.g. SPDIF) in order for the HDMI to carry sound.
For example, Pailt lists tons of HDMI cards. When I reviewed each card with their tech support, it turns out that most need an SPDIF external connection - only a few have the audio controller built in (the only problem with Pailt is the cards are too large for my system). Same with MSI and I know several Sparkle cards are like that too. S3 Graphics makes the Chrome 530 GT, and even has a white paper on their site describing how they keep the audio and video in sync - however - this a lower end card that probably couldn't play my sons cards (and also S3 doesn't have email tech support).
So with that, I would like to ask for your help.
I would Greatly appreciate if you would send to me the names of any cards that have:
-- PCI-E 2.0
-- Native HDMI Connection (not dvi with adapter)
-- 512 Mb of memory or more
-- Built-in audio decoder so that it does not need an external SPDIF connection to a motherboard or sound card for the audio.
-- Please let me know if it is 5.1 or 7.1
I am indebted!!!
Thank you
Kevin
Over the last couple of months, I have spent a lot of time looking for something that should be easy to find, graphics cards with HDMI connectors that also have an audio controller built-in. The problem is that many manufacturers say that their graphics cards have HDMI when either 1) they provide dvi with a free HDMI adapter instead of HDMI or 2) their card requires a separate audio connection (e.g. SPDIF) in order for the HDMI to carry sound.
For example, Pailt lists tons of HDMI cards. When I reviewed each card with their tech support, it turns out that most need an SPDIF external connection - only a few have the audio controller built in (the only problem with Pailt is the cards are too large for my system). Same with MSI and I know several Sparkle cards are like that too. S3 Graphics makes the Chrome 530 GT, and even has a white paper on their site describing how they keep the audio and video in sync - however - this a lower end card that probably couldn't play my sons cards (and also S3 doesn't have email tech support).
So with that, I would like to ask for your help.
I would Greatly appreciate if you would send to me the names of any cards that have:
-- PCI-E 2.0
-- Native HDMI Connection (not dvi with adapter)
-- 512 Mb of memory or more
-- Built-in audio decoder so that it does not need an external SPDIF connection to a motherboard or sound card for the audio.
-- Please let me know if it is 5.1 or 7.1
I am indebted!!!
Thank you
Kevin