HI techies!
I have had an issue that seems to be slowly getting worse, but has been present ever since installing my current GPU - Gigabyte 290. I use a 50inch plasma as my monitor and truly use the PC as a multi-media center by watching TV via internet, gaming, listening to music, etc. . I run a HDMI out of my 290 GPU (Sandy-bridge CPU with win7 64 bit) to my Sony AV receiver - then HDMI out of the Sony to my Plasma TV. However, I have noticed that I have to turn up the volume on the Sony to near max to get decent volume out of the 5.0 speaker setup ( especially in some games such as FO4) and I have to use individual speaker setups to balance the left/right channels or the left channel is significantly louder than the right. So, I have to manually turn the left channel down in the advances setup area in audio in the PC. The speakers are not super great- but are not poor or inefficient either. The volume is fine ( like twice the volume and balanced ) when running HDMI signal from another source such as my Direct TV to the Sony. So, there is something going on with the signal from the PC to the SONY.
So what up?
1) Poor audio software = Catalyst version is one the newest whole suites.
2) Poor GPU= ?? Maybe
3) ??
Any ideas? would purchasing a Sound card take care of the issue?
I have had an issue that seems to be slowly getting worse, but has been present ever since installing my current GPU - Gigabyte 290. I use a 50inch plasma as my monitor and truly use the PC as a multi-media center by watching TV via internet, gaming, listening to music, etc. . I run a HDMI out of my 290 GPU (Sandy-bridge CPU with win7 64 bit) to my Sony AV receiver - then HDMI out of the Sony to my Plasma TV. However, I have noticed that I have to turn up the volume on the Sony to near max to get decent volume out of the 5.0 speaker setup ( especially in some games such as FO4) and I have to use individual speaker setups to balance the left/right channels or the left channel is significantly louder than the right. So, I have to manually turn the left channel down in the advances setup area in audio in the PC. The speakers are not super great- but are not poor or inefficient either. The volume is fine ( like twice the volume and balanced ) when running HDMI signal from another source such as my Direct TV to the Sony. So, there is something going on with the signal from the PC to the SONY.
So what up?
1) Poor audio software = Catalyst version is one the newest whole suites.
2) Poor GPU= ?? Maybe
3) ??
Any ideas? would purchasing a Sound card take care of the issue?