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I'm building an HTPC and want a graphics card or motherboard that will output 7.1 audio over HDMI.

Ideally it would be fanless and I don't need monster performance, I just want the HTPC to handle the audio and 1080p video. If there any motherboards with integrated graphics that will handle this then I'd be happy with that too.

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ATI's HD 5xxx series GPUs will output 7.1 over HDMI. They also bitstream HD audio codecs. You mention passive cooling, so the HD 5450 that was just released is passive and supports the bitstreaming, 7.1, etc.

You could also look into the Core ix series processors from Intel. They have an Intel HD Graphics onboard the chip. It does support bitstreaming HD audio as well so I would imagine it could handle 7.1 too. You'll have to double check on that though.

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