How does sound work?

tmcca · Tux's lil' helper Joined: 24 May 2019 Posts: 120

I hope this isn't a stupid ? I have a Nvidia card with And Board Ryzen 5 3600

Does the Nvidia use its own sound or does it utilize the motherboard audio chip? I use hda_intel I am guessing.

Also is it better to load it as module or built in for audio devices?

szatox · Advocate Joined: 27 Aug 2013 Posts: 3150

It depends on whether you use analog audio or digital one.
E.g. do you send audio to your display's speaker via HDMI cable, or do you send audio to dedicated speakers over a stereo jack plug?

NeddySeagoon · Posted: Thu Mar 26, 2020 11:15 pm Post subject:

tmcca,

The only stupid question is the one you don't ask, as you never know the answer.
Be on your guard for stupid answers.

You have two sound cards that both use snd-hda-intel. Your kernel looks good.

We should probably continue this in your other topic No sound help?
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