Nvidia G80 HDCP problems clarified

Erroneus · Nov 26, 2006, 11:05 AM

Source: The Inquirer
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Even though G80 was supposed to be able to support dual link and HDCP, there seems to be a bug in their NVIO chip, which will limit you to a single link solutution. Which means 1080 resolution is impossible, as you are forced to use a lower resolution monitor around 720p, when playing content through DHCP.

R600 does do dual link and HDCP.

Bar81 · Nov 26, 2006, 11:26 AM

Glad I didn't bite on the GTS. Although it wouldn't have mattered for my 720P TV, still a poor show. If R600 turns into the power hog it's rumored looks like no new vid card to fall 07 for me

Golbeze · Nov 26, 2006, 02:25 PM

Heh, I'd still like a 8800GTS card (seeing how my cpu would easily bottleneck the GTX). My monitor's max res is 1280X1024, and I have it on 1280X960, so I wouldn't be able to watch blue-ray or hd dvd movies at 1080P anyways.

Nov 26, 2006, 11:05 AM	#1
Erroneus Get off my lawn! Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Denmark Posts: 13,419 Rep Power: 119 System Specs	Nvidia G80 HDCP problems clarified Source: The Inquirer _________ Even though G80 was supposed to be able to support dual link and HDCP, there seems to be a bug in their NVIO chip, which will limit you to a single link solutution. Which means 1080 resolution is impossible, as you are forced to use a lower resolution monitor around 720p, when playing content through DHCP. R600 does do dual link and HDCP. __________________ Last edited by MIG-31; Nov 26, 2006 at 12:07 PM. Reason: typo ;)

Nov 26, 2006, 11:26 AM	#2
Bar81 DriverHeaven Lover Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: UAE Posts: 176 Rep Power: 0	Glad I didn't bite on the GTS. Although it wouldn't have mattered for my 720P TV, still a poor show. If R600 turns into the power hog it's rumored looks like no new vid card to fall 07 for me __________________ Opteron 170 l Scythe Ninja l Sapphire A9RD580 PURE Crossfire l 2x 1024MB Mushkin Redline XP4000 l ATI X1800 XL l Terratec DMX 6fire with Roland SCB-55 MIDI l JMicron JMB360 PCI-E x1 eSATA l WD740GD Raptor l 2x WD SE16 500GB (RAID 1) l 2x Maxtor MaXline III 300GB (RAID 1) l BenQ 1640B l Antec P180 l Silverstone SST-30NF 300W Fanless

Nov 26, 2006, 02:25 PM	#3
Golbeze HardwareHeaven Addict Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 276 Rep Power: 0 System Specs	Heh, I'd still like a 8800GTS card (seeing how my cpu would easily bottleneck the GTX). My monitor's max res is 1280X1024, and I have it on 1280X960, so I wouldn't be able to watch blue-ray or hd dvd movies at 1080P anyways.