6800 series + HDMI + home theater receiver

[-Axiom-]

I have been using a Harmon Kardon receiver hooked up to my computer for sound.
Well I burned that amp up and bought another one.
The problem is that the Harmon Kardon had 5.1 channel inputs on it so I could directly connect my X-fi and get 5.1 sound.

My new receiver doesn't have these inputs.
So my question is, can I buy a 6800 series card with HDMI out and connect that to the HDMI in on my receiver and get 5.1 sound that way?

 

[-Axiom-]

Nobody knows if this will work or not?

 

[foxlinked]

yep

 

[-Axiom-]

yep

That can't be, I don't believe it.

Collectively the [H] forum has all the answers.
I believe this to be true.

 

[haste]

using my 5870 the receiver acts as a secondary monitor. to get HDMI sound i have to enable the receiver as a secondary monitor in CCC. if i disable the secondary monitor, my hdmi sound completely disappears from sound devices in windows.

 

[-Axiom-]

using my 5870 the receiver acts as a secondary monitor. to get HDMI sound i have to enable the receiver as a secondary monitor in CCC. if i disable the secondary monitor, my hdmi sound completely disappears from sound devices in windows.

So it will work, I just need to fiddle with the settings?

Thank you

 

[ND40oz]

Go into your Sound options and on the Playback tab, there should be one labeled Digital Audio (HDMI), make that your default and you should be good to go.

 

[Ryoohki360]

Yes it should work, i had a 5850 and it worked just fine. Don't forget to go into the Windows sound setting, make HDMI the default and configure the sound to 5.1 (in Vista/7, not sure in XP)

 

[-Axiom-]

It looks like I'll be ordering a 6870 pretty soon.

Thx for the help

 

[Domingo]

Yes, it'll absolutely work...and in some cases even better than the multi-analog when you watch Blu-Ray movies.
While the bundled ATI driver works fine, I recommend grabbing the special ATI HDMI audio driver from Realtek. It add some additional configuration options.

 

[SoulCreatr]

I use my 6870 to put audio and video through my H/K 347. Works like a champ. Just make sure to set the correct audio out for the HDMI device if you want to use that. I change mine back and forth from speakers to HDMI because I only use the avr/hdtv for movies and tv shows that I am streaming from Hulu or Netflix.

 

[ito4u]

I wonder about this because, i have a Denon amp and have never pushed hdmi audio through it...