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Old 03-28-2002, 07:06 PM   #1
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nforce chipset digital audio question

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i was looking at abit nv7-133r mobo that has nvidia 415-D chipset with dolby digital 5.1 encoder built in. now what does it mean? to get digital sound i just connect 5.1 speakers or i have to have 5.1 speakers with digital decoder. any ideas?
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Old 03-28-2002, 09:20 PM   #2
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What that means is better sound than you can get out of most any card while using about 1 % cpu time as opposed to 12% for the typical soundcard......
I want one of these.
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Old 03-29-2002, 06:44 AM   #3
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i do get that thanx but i wanted to know about the digital output. regular 5.1 speakers or with digital decoder built in like creative labs inspire 5700.
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