Widescreen Gaming Forum

its time to go optical. Anything really works. X-Fi would be the best choice since you want to game, just avoid the budget cards and your fine. M-Audio makes great audiophile ones. Just depends on your poison.

if you have a pci-e slot available I'd head this way.
http://www.newegg.com ...

can't you just unplug the headphones when you want to use your speakers?

What I was running into was having to look for the other cable end, unplug the one plugged in, find the correct outlet and plug it in, then reconfigure sound card settings.

That is what made me ask the question ...

I couldn't follow your posts.

From what I could grab, you want to be able to watch movies with the receiver sound, then...go right back to the pc and game via headphone/mic?

Thats pretty simple if you have digital sound out...just run your gaming stuff with analog and turn off the ...

It appears I've answered one of my questions.

In messing around with plugging my mini jack used for home theater I can only get sound output to the front 2 speakers regardless of what I specify as their sound output. (Example: configured as rear speaker the sound still comes out of the front 2 ...

I have recently integrated my PC with my HDTV.

I am connecting through my home theater with an RCA into my TV and mini adapter into my Realtek onboard sound card.

I would like to be able to split the use of my PC between gaming (which I use mic and headphone) and other audio applications ...