How to Get Dolby Digital Plus Sound on Older Computer?

Hi All,

I have an older computer that I'd like to give my nephew. However, I noticed there is no audio/sound when playing the newer DVDs (Dolby Digital Plus).

Dell 5150, Pentium D820 Dual Core 2.8 GHz, 250GB, SII Hard Drive (7200 rpm), 3 GB Memory, DDR2 SD RM, 533 MHz, nVidia Graphics 6800. I'm currently running Windows 7 Home Premium 32-bit on this computer.

The upgraded sound card was not compatible with Windows 7 so it had to be removed. Currently running on just the on board sound.

Do I need to upgrade the sound card in order for him to play Dolby Digital Plus?

Thanks, ms:)

No budget mentioned!

Try this
ASUS - Multimedia- ASUS Xonar D1
There is also a Pci-e version

Hi Neo,

I'm so sorry for not responding sooner. I was hooking up the new computer.

Thanks so much for your advice, ms

You're welcome.

Hi Neo,

Interesting that you picked an Asus sound card. My new computer is an Asus:

Asus CM-6870-CA-3AA
Processor Type Intel Core i7-3770
Processor Speed 3.4 GHz
Processor Cores 4 with RAM 16 GB
Hard Drive Capacity 2 TB
Hard Drive Speed (Revolutions Per Minute) 7200 RPM
Optical Drive 12 x Blu-Ray Combo
Graphics Card nVidia GT630 - Graphics Video Memory 2 GB
Display Monitor - VE248Q (separate)
Audio Sound Card ALC892 - Audio Output High Definition Audio
Power Supply 300 W

I feel like I'm driving a sports car with this new system.


Cheers, ms

Speedy (Power supply looks very inadequate - but what do I know)
- if you try the Novabench for a bit of fun you should be around 1300-1400 at a guess

I just upgraded this year too (from 2x 9yr old Agp/Barton 3000's)
They still did everything I needed for everyday tasks/played Crysis easily but HD/Blu-ray was just too much. Even managed to sell them!

Had to build reasonably powerful new pc to cope with editing brothers wedding which I shot in HD video.
Bought a second-hand/3 month old Amd 8150 Bulldozer cheap/16gb ram (it keeps up with intel top i7 processor when doing video compression/conversion - the only area)
Novabench 1320

Just finished a low power, uber quiet, HTPC with AMD A10 5700 /16gb ram
Novabench 813

I have one of these Asus D1 Soundcards around 1 yr old - now sitting in a box
(my latest motherboard Asus F2A85M-Pro doesn't even have a pci slot!)