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I have a similar setup as yours, but with a Yamaha HTR-3063 connected to an optoma HD-20 projector. The problem is a little different in that switching off the projector causes my main monitor to shut off as well (it loses signal). Switching off the receiver has the same effect. The problem...

Are you talking about the color profile setting in windows? After running the calibration, spyder3 generates its own profile to replace whatever was there. If your monitor has a 'sRGB' mode, don't bother with it. Unless you have a high-end self calibrating monitor, it will only make some...

Basic setup: I have an ATI Radeon HD 5970 connected to a DVI monitor and, via a Displayport-HDMI adapter, to my Yamaha HTR-3063 Home Theater. The Home theater is further connected to an Optoma HD-20 projector. I just did a fresh reinstall of Windows 7 and installed the latest Catalyst drivers...

Sounds like a power problem perhaps? Please post your computer specs and power supply rating (watts). Is the problem only limited to this particular game? Have you installed any new hardware recently?

Just in case somebody comes across this thread and needs details on what I went through to get my home theater working with the 5970. The relevant devices / software I have are: Sapphire HD 5970 Gfx Card Gigabyte P35-D3SR Motherboard with an Intel Q6600 Yamaha HTR-3063 5.1 Home Theater Optoma...

Noted. A sound card is my next upgrade on the line. Given what you said about games using proprietary features on the Creative cards, it sounds like a must.

Thank you so much for the help guys. I've been doing a lot of reading and fiddling thanks to the weekend and Attic is correct in that my HTPC, for the most part, does output PCM 5.1 to my receiver (a Yamaha HTR-3063 btw). The receiver always sees an input of PCM 5.1 now which is perfect and...

Input is 1080i, PCM 3/2/0.1 pretty much all the time unless I turn on ac3filter, at which point it turns into DTS 3/2/0.1 I just did a bunch of testing and it turns out that the surround function is working but it's very fickle. On VLC player, movies run with perfect surround sound (yay!)...

The ATI drivers weren't behaving properly. They worked fine in stereo, but whenever I tried turning them into 5.1 in the control panel, it would tell me there was some error doing it. I gave up and switched to Realtek. Looks like there's no way around that new sound card. I guess I wouldn't...

Out of curiosity, why do I need to run ac3filter for surround to work right now?

Hopefully ATI can include a decoder/DD encoder in its future lines of cards. With HDMI, it really has become both an Audio+Video game now. Thanks a lot for the info guys. I think the best solution for me for now would be to run an S/PDIF cable from my motherboard to the amp and simply use that...

I see. Any means of encoding on the PC it that won't break the bank?

@simonizor Yep, that's all done. All 4 speakers and subwoofer work fine when I hit the test button and also when I'm playing movies or listening to music with ac3filter. I suspect this may have something to do with the format the audio is when it's sent out via the HDMI. ac3filter formats it...

Diablo 2, With its interesting class design, randomized maps and loot it remains one of my most played games of all time.

Hi All, I recently bought myself an ATI HD 5970 with the dream of using the HDMI output to watch movies and perhaps even game over my home theater system. The setup is simply connecting the gfx card via ATI's DVI->HDMI adapter to my Yamaha amp's (Which supports both DTS and Dolby) HDMI input...