Recent content by Tomahawk1

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    Optical or Aux to bluetooth transmitter?

    I want to go from my on-board audio (Gigabyte Aorus Gaming 7) to my nice bluetooth headphones. I have a wired pair of cans that sound great and can be adjusted using the creative software 760 depending on whether I am gaming or just enjoying some tunes. I found that just using a regular...
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    Sound cards, Video Cards and Cables? (Does the digital signal go through other cards?)

    Just to make doubly sure I understand, the audio stream in this situation is being generated by software of the game or player and transmitted through the GPU? Where's a sound card would add other effects or might deliver a cleaner signal for transmission? Please forgive me for being obtuse.
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    Sound cards, Video Cards and Cables? (Does the digital signal go through other cards?)

    Okay bear with me, Right now I my setup is: From GTX 980ti GPU HDMI to my TV and from my TV through optical cable to my sound bar system. For when I want to really get into my music/games I use my sennheiser headphones plugged into the on-board (Motherboard) realtek line out. 1. Am I...
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    Questions about sound settings for gaming?

    Okay, the reason I haven't seen any post about this is that it is so simple that everyone knows the answer already. That said, what what sound settings should I use for for gaming (3D environments? where did that noise come from)? my old motherboard onboard sound had an option for virtual...