ljraggy Posted March 21, 2007 Posted March 21, 2007 i'm Upgrading my pc and wondering which Video card to upgrade to the 8800's look good but i want 1080p res from the PC to the TV, and i cant seem to find the info anywhere what is the MAX res on component. question - what would be the best video card to run 1080p and is it best to go with the Component or DVI -> HDMI budget $500 Thanks in advance
bevancoleman Posted March 22, 2007 Posted March 22, 2007 and is it best to go with the Component or DVI -> HDMI I believe that you can only get 1080p to that LCD via HDMI. You may also want to look at video cards that support HDCP as well. There are heaps of cards that will do all of that, this; http://www.eyo.com.au/prod_D-PX7600GS-HDMI..._Noiseless.html being just one example.
spacious Posted March 22, 2007 Posted March 22, 2007 I believe that you can only get 1080p to that LCD via HDMI. You may also want to look at video cards that support HDCP as well.There are heaps of cards that will do all of that, this; http://www.eyo.com.au/prod_D-PX7600GS-HDMI..._Noiseless.html being just one example. Check NVidia web site. They have listed all Desktop Video Chips that are capable of sending 1920x1080 resolution picture to a display. I believe a 7600GS is the starting point, but less powerful when playing games. HDCP comes with a price tag, avoid it if you plan to get a blue-ray player in the future.
Ata Posted March 22, 2007 Posted March 22, 2007 Check NVidia web site. They have listed all Desktop Video Chips that are capable of sending 1920x1080 resolution picture to a display. All current cards can send 1920x1080 to a display. What you are probably referring is the capability to process true HD content in VMR9 mode in hardware. I believe a 7600GS is the starting point, but less powerful when playing games. HDCP comes with a price tag, avoid it if you plan to get a blue-ray player in the future. It is actually the opposite: you need HDCP if you want true HD playback in the future. AFAIK the true HD features not supported in 7600GS (e.g. bad edit correction, etc) are only relevant to the 60Hz pulldown modes, which we don't have here. Many people are known to get away even with a 7300GS and HD OTA content, but 7600GS allows cranking up the quality a bit more. -- Ata
bevancoleman Posted March 22, 2007 Posted March 22, 2007 HDCP comes with a price tag, avoid it if you plan to get a blue-ray player in the future. I'm not sure why you would advise that? At the present it HDCP does not matter as no HD formats are using it. However when they do (and the studios have stated they will enabled it) if you don't have HDCP support you will be less then current SD-PAL out of all the nice new "Hi-def" formats... Which would sux... so I don't know why you would not get a HDCP compatible card now since they don't actually cost any more.
Owen Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 i'm Upgrading my pc and wondering which Video card to upgrade to the 8800's look good but i want 1080p res from the PC to the TV, and i cant seem to find the info anywhere what is the MAX res on component.question - what would be the best video card to run 1080p and is it best to go with the Component or DVI -> HDMI budget $500 Thanks in advance Simple, 8800 over DVI. Best video quality available, it’s HDCP compliant and works great at 1920x1080.
ljraggy Posted March 23, 2007 Author Posted March 23, 2007 Simple, 8800 over DVI. Best video quality available, it’s HDCP compliant and works great at 1920x1080. On my old pc i ran DVI->HDMI @ 1920x1080 but i didn't work on my "Sony X Series 46 does HDCP fix this issue?
Owen Posted March 23, 2007 Posted March 23, 2007 On my old pc i ran DVI->HDMI @ 1920x1080 but i didn't work on my "Sony X Series 46 does HDCP fix this issue? I don’t know, but I doubt it. The 8800 worked fine at 1080i and 1080p out of the box on my Sony SXRD, so did my 7800.
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