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Author Topic: New receiver. Do I need my Xonar?  (Read 2157 times)

Z0001

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New receiver. Do I need my Xonar?
« on: April 22, 2013, 02:07:17 am »

Hi

I am getting a new multi channel receiver. I will be sending it a digital signal prob hdmi with video or spidif. Is there benefit to keeping my Xonar Essence ST or can I just use onboard audio? Not quite sure what jobs each part of the system is doing and if the audio carmd is in fact doing anything if i use hdmi from my radeon video card. Would appreciate any guidance.

Thanks!
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Re: New receiver. Do I need my Xonar?
« Reply #1 on: April 22, 2013, 02:46:06 am »

If you have a "modern" HDMI GPU then there is no need for the Xonar anymore.  Time to retire it!
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Re: New receiver. Do I need my Xonar?
« Reply #2 on: April 22, 2013, 03:19:52 am »

That's great to know. It's a Radeon HD6870 about 2 years old. Simpler is better!

Thanks v much
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