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I was troubleshooting stability issues with my System and it turns out that whenever I enable Dolby Atmos any game regardless of it actually supporting Atmos will crash anywhere between immediately and well over an hour into gameplay. These crashes are either a AMD Driver Timeout or a BSOD with THREAD_STUCK_IN_DEVICE_DRIVER depending of the AMD Driver version. My GPU is a Strix Vega 64 and I have it connected to both a Monitor via Displayport and my A/V Receiver for couch gaming with HDR and Atmos support.

While I´m fine with not using Atmos for the sake of stability and my sanity, I would still prefer it is was working. At the moment my onboard devices (Sound and Intel GPU) are disabled in the BIOS. My Mainboard has a a HDMI Port. Is it somehow possible to use the onboard devices and that HDMI slot as a dedicated, sound only output to send a Atmos Signal to the A/V while connecting the PC directly to the TV? Or is there a Soundcard with an HDMI output available that would allow for this?

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It's possible to use CPU's integrated graphics as your second display and set as default sound, while still using your main GPU connecting directly to TV as main display.

PC spec: CPU: RYZEN 9 9950X3D | GPU: SAPPHIRE NITRO+ 7900XTX | MB: MSI MAG TOMAHAWK x870 RAM: G.SKILL TRIDENT Z NEO 64GB (2x32GB) DDR5-6000 30-40-40-96 COOLING: ARCTIC LIQUID FREEZER III 360, BE QUIET! SILENT WINGS 120 & 140mm| CASE: ANTEC C8 | UPS: POWERSHIELD COMMANDER TOWER 1100VA

PERIPHERALS: KEYBOARD: CORSAIR K95 PLATINUM XT BROWN SWITCH | MOUSE: LOGITECH G502X PLUS WIRELESS | CONTROLLER: PDP AFTERGLOW WIRED CONTROLLER, DUALSENSE
DISPLAYS: GIGABYTE MO34WQC2 2x DELL S2721DGF | LG C1 48" 

HT & audio stuff:  AVR: MARANTZ SR7013 | STEREO AMPLIFIER: YAMAHA AS-501 | SPEAKERS: DALI OBERON 7 & DALI ZENSOR 1 & 2x SVS-SB2000 | HEADPHONE DAC+AMP: TOPPING L30+E30 | HEADPHONE: SENNHEISER HD6XX, BOSE QUIETCOMFORT 35 II | MICROPHONE: AUDIO-TECHNICA AT9934USB | BLU-RAY PLAYER: PANASONIC UB820

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