9600GT SPDIF optical port, input or output?

karhoe · 19th Jun 2008, 01:13 AM

Just bought Gainward 9600GT card a week ago, there's a SPDIF optical port at the back of the card, not stated on the manual whether it's an input or output, did some google, some said its output, some said it's input, so what do you guys think?

Adrian Wong · 19th Jun 2008, 01:48 AM

Should be an output for audio pass-through.

Lacus · 19th Jun 2008, 02:14 AM

it should be optical out. Let me ask 1 of my friends which is actually selling this card

Chai · 19th Jun 2008, 07:44 AM

Yeah it should be output, since it has hdmi out also.

karhoe · 19th Jun 2008, 01:39 PM

LOL, you guys have your own logic, but some website states that it's optical INPUT so that if you have external sound card, you can connect it to the card to enable HDMI audio

karhoe · 19th Jun 2008, 01:42 PM

Just did some google, guess it's something new for all of us, it's SPDIF optical INPUT

http://event.asus.com/vga/manual/hdmi_spdif_cable.pdf

Chai · 19th Jun 2008, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by karhoe

LOL, you guys have your own logic, but some website states that it's optical INPUT so that if you have external sound card, you can connect it to the card to enable HDMI audio

I guess this is right then, not very useful for most.

Mac Daddy · 19th Jun 2008, 06:14 PM

Isn't that strange

What model of Gainward card is that mine doesn't have that input ?

karhoe · 20th Jun 2008, 01:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chai

I guess this is right then, not very useful for most.

Well useful for noob like me that dare not connect the SPDIF cable to the GC because i'm not sure black and red goes to which pin.

Also useful for those who uses external sound card

Its Gainward 9600GT Golden Sample 1GB DDR3

generalRage1982hrv · 20th Jun 2008, 02:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mac Daddy

Isn't that strange

What model of Gainward card is that mine doesn't have that input ?

mac that is palits pcb LOL
some info from msi :
Use the compliant SPDIF Internal cable to
connect both the SPDIF connectors on the
VGA card and your mainboard. Make sure
to (1) plug the orange cable to the SPDIFpin
and the black one to the GND-pin on
the mainboard; and (2) plug the other end
(2-pin white connector) of the cable to the
SPDIF connector on the VGA card. Note
that wrong installation may cause the
damage to the VGA card.1.

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karhoe Active Join Date: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 684 Reputation: 55 Rep Power: 4	LOL, you guys have your own logic, but some website states that it's optical INPUT so that if you have external sound card, you can connect it to the card to enable HDMI audio __________________ My Blog Help me win an IT related competition held by YTL on how WiMax can be applied in our daily life. Check it out, and if you like my idea, just perform a quick registration and drop your votes.

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karhoe Active Join Date: 29 Nov 2006 Posts: 684 Reputation: 55 Rep Power: 4	Just did some google, guess it's something new for all of us, it's SPDIF optical INPUT http://event.asus.com/vga/manual/hdmi_spdif_cable.pdf __________________ My Blog Help me win an IT related competition held by YTL on how WiMax can be applied in our daily life. Check it out, and if you like my idea, just perform a quick registration and drop your votes.

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