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<blockquote data-quote="Owlsroost" data-source="post: 492488" data-attributes="member: 83973">nVidia cards can output sound via the DVI connector - the drivers work out from the monitor/TV EDID info if the connected device can accept audio-over-HDMI and enable it when appropriate (but the audio input to the card is via an internal SPDIF connector only - it doesn't appear as a Windows sound device like the ATi cards do).The 9500GT is the current equivalant to the 8600GT - in fact the 9500GT is basically a re-badged 8600GT....I use a 9500GT in my system with MP and it's fine on video playback performance. I don't play games, but the 9500 is roughly equivalent in 3D performance to an ATi HD3650.TonyEdit: One problem nVidia can have is HDMI detection problems on reboots/resume from sleep with some TVs - I have this problem with my Panasonic LCD TV, so I have to use the workaround of disabling the nVidia driver helper service. nVidia changed the way DVI/HDMI detection works from the 185.xx drivers onwards, and this seems to have made the problem worse, so I've stuck with 182.50 drivers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Owlsroost, post: 492488, member: 83973"] nVidia cards can output sound via the DVI connector - the drivers work out from the monitor/TV EDID info if the connected device can accept audio-over-HDMI and enable it when appropriate (but the audio input to the card is via an internal SPDIF connector only - it doesn't appear as a Windows sound device like the ATi cards do). The 9500GT is the current equivalant to the 8600GT - in fact the 9500GT is basically a re-badged 8600GT....I use a 9500GT in my system with MP and it's fine on video playback performance. I don't play games, but the 9500 is roughly equivalent in 3D performance to an ATi HD3650. Tony Edit: One problem nVidia can have is HDMI detection problems on reboots/resume from sleep with some TVs - I have this problem with my Panasonic LCD TV, so I have to use the workaround of disabling the nVidia driver helper service. nVidia changed the way DVI/HDMI detection works from the 185.xx drivers onwards, and this seems to have made the problem worse, so I've stuck with 182.50 drivers. [/QUOTE]

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