what is this?

[douglasb]

its one of the cables that came with my zotec 9800gtx amp edition yesterday. the letters say "GND" and "SPDIF" what is it for and where does is plug in?
Thanks

edit: sorry about the size of the pic, how can i make it smaller?

[killie99]

it is a digital out cable for sound (SPDIF - Sony Philips Digital InterFace) - should plug onto headers on your sound card and then onto a front panel connector so you have a SPDIF socket on the front of your computer, not sure why you'd get one of these with a graphics card.

[douglasb]

im not getting a sound card, onboard sound is good enough so where does the cable go then?
dont some nvidea cards carry the sound then output it (along with the video) to the moniter?

thanks for the quick reply Killie99

[SiM]

Yup its for HDMI sound... connect from motherboard (or sound card) spdif out to the video card. Then if you use a HDMI adapter, you can do sound over HDMI

[douglasb]

so i dont realy need it then? cant i just use the ports on the back of the motherboard with my X530s and egnore the SPDIF cable?

[SiM]

so i dont realy need it then? cant i just use the ports on the back of the motherboard with my X530s and egnore the SPDIF cable?

Yup.... its only really there for people with HDMI TVs who output sound through their TV or for people who pass HDMI through their receiver..

[douglasb]

thanks SiM
im guessing the other cables that came with it are molex / 6 pin adaptors? dont have a pic atm but could go take one...

[SiM]

thanks SiM
im guessing the other cables that came with it are molex / 6 pin adaptors? dont have a pic atm but could go take one...

Probably... I got 2 of those with my 9800gtx for powering the card

[douglasb]

yea they are, i just went and checked. first time i opened the box i saw the SPDIF cable and went what the hell is that? and didnt bother to realy look at the other cables