I have been thinking about buying a 7.1 home theater with dolby atmos and dts to watch movies, play video games and listen to music from my pc. I found this home theater and it looks great Onkyo THX Certified 7.1-Channel Surround Sound Speaker System Black (HT-S9800THX) seems to meet what I'm looking for and offers me interesting extras like airplay and chomecast. To activate the dolby atmos I have to change the configuration to 5.2.2 ch is fine for me. But well this is my question the home theater I will use it only on the pc and I was thinking how I should connect it to my pc to be able to use everything that the home theater offers me I would like to play the games in surround 5.1, 7.1, 5.2.2 that support dolby atmos, true hd, pro logic 2 etc. and of course also the movies. These are the specifications of my computer in case it helps them to solve my question easier Corsair Vengeance Led Red 16gb Ram 3200mhz AMD Ryzen 7 1700x Processor 960 Evo Samsung M.2 500GB SSD EVGA SuperNova GS 850 Watts Gigabyte AX370 Aorus Gaming K7 GTX 1080 ti aorus the monitor I use in displayport to be able to use gsync and to 144hz the sound of the motherboard Supports Creative® Sound Blaster X-Fi MB5 Double ALC 1220 on the front and 120dB SNR HD Audio with dual headphones with smart amplifier on the back So summarizing my question how I need to connect the home theater to the pc and take advantage of the surround of dolby atmos and dts in games and movies? Do you recommend buying a sound card to get the most out of it? and if so, which supports dolby atmos and 7.1, 5.2.2 channels? I've already searched for some sound cards like this one: Creative Sound BlasterX AE-5 Hi-Resolution PCIe Gaming Sound Card but I do not know if support it. what I mentioned what i should do ??? Excuse my English and extend the question in advance thank you very much.

help!! sound card and 7.1 home theater with dolby atmos and dts on pc for games and movies???

By Joshua Meltz
February 4, 2019 in Audio

Go to solution Solved by F900EX, February 8, 2019

GTX 1080 ti aorus <<< other than your 7.1 system this all u need. I have a similar setup using a Dolby Atmos Onkyo receiver. HDMI cable > 1080ti > receiver select game mode then configure your windows 10 sound setup, select AV receiver and your good to go. Most of these guys above don't have a clue so take it from someone whos been using a similar setup for many years that you want....I have had no issues and it works great.

Posted February 10, 2020

On 2/8/2019 at 12:14 AM, CharminUltraStrong said:

That's not what atmos is. It's not "Sound from above" it adds a HEIGHT effect, my god.

Ehm... Atmos is both, height and sound from above.

I don't know what's your problem here. You say that at a desk the speakers would be too close. I had a 5.1.2 Setup with a Denon X4100 at my desk and it worked good.

Next: What BS are you saying about "The set has no upfiring speakers, so he must mount two under the ceiling, but that doesn't work with Atmos"? Mate: Atmos was meant to work with ceiling mounted speakers. Have you been at a cinema and looked up? Have you seen the two rows of downfacing speakers mounted up there? Those upfiring speakers for home use are just garbage. Direct firing speakers mounted the same way as in a cinema produce a way better sound field. You won't have any seperation, because the decoder calculates the sound for the setup. Before calling others out, you should read Dolby's whitepapers and manuals on how Atmos works and should be installed.