Graphic Cards no HDMI in any 8800 card

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I was just watching the pictures of 8800 cards from XFX, MSI, Leadtek, Sparkle, Palit, PNY, eVGA etc.

But, none of them have HDMI interface !! :huh:
 
Chaos said:
Duh buy any DVI to HDMI cable and it'll work :P.
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HDMI houses not only Video signals, but also Audio signals. Check Asus 7600 GT HDMI, which has a line in port. Thats a true HDMI card. Right HDMI isnt widepsread, so maybe, it will take some time to come.
 
evilution said:
HDMI houses not only Video signals, but also Audio signals. Check Asus 7600 GT HDMI, which has a line in port. Thats a true HDMI card. Right HDMI isnt widepsread, so maybe, it will take some time to come.
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I'm aware of that but why on earth would you need sound signals (read SPDIF) from a video card :P. They can be fed directly using coax or optical. An extra noisy device in the path means extra jitter for free which no one wants :P.
 
HDMI would really help in a dvd player, but in a PC where the sound card is separate, it woud not be desirable.
 
^ Doesn't Blueray and HD DVD require HDMI ?? I know they wouldn't be as popular anytime soon but still would be nice to be futureproof
 
Since we won't be having HD-DVD in our PC for some time at least (and probably never for BR), its rather irrelevant.
 
^6 even if we do get HDDVD on the PC, softwares will enable take the sound signals from the sound card to compensate. Hence not really required in PC...
 
I was talking about the requirement of hdmi, in order to play encrypted content on the hd dvd's, along with hdcp capable displays...would've been a nice feature to have with a cutting edge card like the G80
 
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