Hey, I'm building a new computer and I have a 6.1 home theater system that I want to use with it primarily for playing games. After some research, I have been left with a few questions that maybe someone could answer. First, The Audigy 2 says that it can put out 6.1 sound. If I connect this to my receiver, will I be playing my games in 6.1 sound, or is this only for dvd playback? Second, my receiver needs either a digital coax or an optical input. I couldn't find any reference to either of these connections on the regular audigy 2 pci card yet it still indicates a digital output. Could someone explain this to me? Is there some type of cheapo converter that I could use? I see the that Audigy 2 Platinum has both digital outputs on the faceplate, but I would like to stay away from that because it would look sill having wires forever coming out of the front of my computer.
One last thing, if I can't hook the basic Audigy 2 up to my receiver due to lack of proper digital outputs, how does the digital sound that comes onboard sound. For instance the Realtek ALC850 8-Channel Codec seems to be popular with the new Nforce 3 mobo's and it does have the digital outputs that I require. I'm guessing the onboard sound doesn't compare with a pci soundcard though, does it?
Thanks for the help!
One last thing, if I can't hook the basic Audigy 2 up to my receiver due to lack of proper digital outputs, how does the digital sound that comes onboard sound. For instance the Realtek ALC850 8-Channel Codec seems to be popular with the new Nforce 3 mobo's and it does have the digital outputs that I require. I'm guessing the onboard sound doesn't compare with a pci soundcard though, does it?
Thanks for the help!