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<blockquote data-quote="Nova eXelon" data-source="post: 602300" data-attributes="member: 103216">Well, software can't do anything, if the hardware doesn't allow it. Most on-board soundchips and cheap soundcards always resample sound to 48khz. It's integrated in the hardware. GTX285 is a fast videocard, but DX11 is impossible with it. Which driver doesn't matter here.What kind of AVR are you using? Maybe it has analog 5.1 RCA-in. If that's the case, buy this x3:<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Female-3-5mm-Stereo-Male-inch/dp/B000I23TTO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;s=electronics&amp;qid=1270484934&amp;sr=8-2" target="_blank">Amazon.com: 2x RCA Female / 1 x 3.5mm Stereo Male, 6 inch: Electronics</a>and a good soundcard.From here on you can connect your AVR -&gt; Soundcard like a CD-Player -&gt; AVR. Some say that there is qualityloss, but the overall higher quality you get switching from on-board sound to a real soundcard is bigger.I have my AMP connected the same way. It's a <a href="http://www.dbplanet.nl/computer/contents/media/Yamaha%20RX-797.jpg" target="_blank">Yamaha RX-797</a>. Speakers are <a href="http://hifi4me.de/img/asw-cantius%20iv%20se-0_1235634984.jpg" target="_blank">ASW Cantius IV Special</a> and I cannot here the difference between analog and digital. The RX-797 has no digital-in, but my old 6.1 RX-V440 has one.Soundcard is a X-Fi Elite Pro.Oh and don't wonder about the english.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Nova eXelon, post: 602300, member: 103216"] Well, software can't do anything, if the hardware doesn't allow it. Most on-board soundchips and cheap soundcards always resample sound to 48khz. It's integrated in the hardware. GTX285 is a fast videocard, but DX11 is impossible with it. Which driver doesn't matter here. What kind of AVR are you using? Maybe it has analog 5.1 RCA-in. If that's the case, buy this x3: [url=http://www.amazon.com/Female-3-5mm-Stereo-Male-inch/dp/B000I23TTO/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=electronics&qid=1270484934&sr=8-2]Amazon.com: 2x RCA Female / 1 x 3.5mm Stereo Male, 6 inch: Electronics[/url] and a good soundcard. From here on you can connect your AVR -> Soundcard like a CD-Player -> AVR. Some say that there is qualityloss, but the overall higher quality you get switching from on-board sound to a real soundcard is bigger. I have my AMP connected the same way. It's a [URL="http://www.dbplanet.nl/computer/contents/media/Yamaha%20RX-797.jpg"]Yamaha RX-797[/URL]. Speakers are [URL="http://hifi4me.de/img/asw-cantius%20iv%20se-0_1235634984.jpg"]ASW Cantius IV Special[/URL] and I cannot here the difference between analog and digital. The RX-797 has no digital-in, but my old 6.1 RX-V440 has one. Soundcard is a X-Fi Elite Pro. Oh and don't wonder about the english. [/QUOTE]

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