Audio over HDMI: HD3000 vs Palit G210 vs XFX 5450 (both p/c)

[flatfoot]

Hi there,

I'm in the process of putting together the parts list for a pure HTPC hackintosh.

The question currently at hand is whether to use the HD3000 on the i3 CPU I'm going to use or a dedicated passively cooled graphics card.
Which of those three in the title will give me undisturbed graphics (have heard about artifacts when using the HD3000) and most hassle-free (I know it's generally not hassle-free) audio over HDMI?

I appreciate your input!

 

[Stork]

A few of us Mods made HacCubes out of Apple's G4 Cube. Two of the mods are using their Cubes for HTPC using a GA-H67N-USB3 and i3-2105/2125 configuration and HD 3000 via HDMI #1 connector. Both used toledo's HDMI audio kext. Works great!

 

[flatfoot]

Thanks for that info. Plays nice with my initial notion of keeping things sleek and simple by skipping the dedicated graphics card.