Path: news.eternal-september.org!eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail
From: Xocyll <Xocyll@gmx.com>
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action
Subject: Re: AMD weighs in on HD versus 4K
Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2025 08:41:51 -0400
Organization: A noiseless patient Spider
Lines: 56
Message-ID: <faio3khj7rb9d6nuvisbff0v106t96bric@4ax.com>
References: <19nb3k5q4pho824jtoqf3kbrsned4n7db6@4ax.com> <1017fgv$3b9h2$2@dont-email.me> <h1te3ktmvsv3ks2v4rfp92vqpver9dlqci@4ax.com> <jtug3kttldgbgaed3f8f8an3sm8ilfubjr@4ax.com> <101ajb2$2g3v$2@dont-email.me> <gcgj3k5k47etj99qvrenppgrt9h11gnijk@4ax.com> <ptsj3kditgsrhmphalfrqckqh5teu675v5@4ax.com> <6a4n3kh00c561t89cal2fe8s5f8ha21n6p@4ax.com>
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Injection-Date: Sun, 01 Jun 2025 14:41:54 +0200 (CEST)
Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="babb67913da6e10574e53af91f755d60";
	logging-data="2213080"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org";	posting-account="U2FsdGVkX18KdONiHu8My0KYCC0oog8v"
Cancel-Lock: sha1:EkWU3W1V2ffr+bxFufcSkb9iHdU=
X-Antivirus-Status: Clean
X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.640
X-Antivirus: Avast (VPS 250601-2, 6/1/2025), Outbound message

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
say:

>On Fri, 30 May 2025 13:09:24 -0500, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>
>>I actually love SPDIF optical. It's a much cleaner connection, and less
>>hassle, when compared to HDMI passthrough.
>
>>My old mainboard had SPDIF. My new mainboard just has 3 3.5mm ports that
>>serve double duties as various ins and outs. If you want to run 5.1, you
>>double duty the mic port. It doesn't do 7.1 iirc.
>
>My motherboard doesn't do 5.1; it's actually a major reason why I got
>the discrete sound-card. I don't think it has SPIDF either (although
>since I don't have anything else SPIDF, I wouldn't be able to use it
>even if the motherboard had the option ;-)
>
>
>>I'm considering a cheap Audigy. What's out there other than Creative?
>
>Honestly, other than the Xonar cards (I think they're an ASUS brand?)
>I can't think of any. I think Turtle Beach was the last company that
>made discrete cards, but even they're gone now. Nowadays, everyone
>just uses Creative Labs or whatever is on their motherboard.

I have a Xonar in the old computer, the new one I just used what came on
the motherboard.

>Well, that's not exactly true. There are USB sound solutions, I guess.
>I dunno, though; they probably work fine but I like my soundcards to
>be... well, cards ;-)
>
>I'm not sure I'd recommend a Creative card, though. I suspect my
>current issue is with the card itself, and not some Windows thing. I
>had a similar problem with another Soundblaster; it just stopped
>outputting from one of its ports (fortunately, my motherboard on that
>computer supported 5.1 so it wasn't really an issue). I think there
>are some real issues with the quality of the components on Creative's
>offerings.

That and they pulled the old trick of replacing cards with difference
chipsets but kept the same name/model number.

Xocyll
-- 
I don't particularly want you to FOAD, myself. You'll be more of 
a cautionary example if you'll FO And Get Chronically, Incurably, 
Painfully, Progressively, Expensively, Debilitatingly Ill. So 
FOAGCIPPEDI. -- Mike Andrews responding to an idiot in asr 

-- 
This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software.
www.avast.com