Which Radeon HD Card?

[dirtyvu]

Thanks for the reply. Can you explain to me how the HDMI audio works? Also do you also get the audio still coming from the soundcard?

simple. one hdmi cable carries both the video and audio to your tv or receiver (assuming your receiver can decode hdmi or otherwise, it'll just passthrough to the tv which can decode it). so you don't need any cable from your sound card going anywhere and you don't need an optical cable.

the cheaper receivers (under $500) just do hdmi passthrough meaning you'll hear audio on the tv but it won't come out your receiver speakers. i found that out on my onkyo which was one of their lower end ones.