No HDTV support for the 6800?

Dom · Jun 5, 2004, 01:47 PM

"We have some hot NVIDIA-related news for you direct from the show floor of Computex here in Taipei:[list=1][*]They have confirmed their new mid-range 6800 card, the GT, will be clocked at 350 / 1000Mhz and will feature a single-slot cooling solution, a single power connector and a mere 300W PSU requirement. Depending on how a couple of things pan out, this full 16-pipe card could offer the best bang-for-buck in the 6800 range.
[*]If you’re counting on HDTV working on your spanky new 6800, you’re out of luck: it has been confirmed this morning by Derek Perez of NVIDIA that the both the core and the existing reference board have no capacity to support an HDTV signal – though it is planned for the future NV43 & NV41 cores. If you are hoping a third party vendor is going to slap a discrete chip on there, you are likely to be disappointed because as far as we know no vendors are straying from the reference design.[/list=1]The key lesson here is reading what is said, not reading what you expect: "6800 will support HDTV" is not the same statement as "6800 does feature HDTV"."

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Source: Bit-Tech

BWX · Jun 5, 2004, 05:29 PM

What Happened to...

"ATI is using 2 year old technology" quoted by some green card making company.....??

~~MuffinMan~~ · Jun 5, 2004, 06:43 PM

It's a non-story from a site where they don't make even the most basic of fact checks.

mike2h · Jun 5, 2004, 07:10 PM

from nvidia site -

Video Scaling and Filtering
High-quality scaling and filtering technology improves video playback quality at any window size, including full-screen HDTV resolutions.

Integrated TV Encoder
Provides best-of-class TV-out functionality for resolutions up to 1024x768.

combine this with the fact that the card supports any size flat panel at any res & you got to wonder what the deal is. the card offers hardware support for hdtv does not make much sense not to have it enabled & usable. maybe it is a 'future' upgade or seperate 'add-on'. wdik.
got to go along with muffinman as far as that site goes though.

Jun 5, 2004, 01:47 PM	#1
Dom DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 12,940 Rep Power: 0	No HDTV support for the 6800? "We have some hot NVIDIA-related news for you direct from the show floor of Computex here in Taipei:[list=1][]They have confirmed their new mid-range 6800 card, the GT, will be clocked at 350 / 1000Mhz and will feature a single-slot cooling solution, a single power connector and a mere 300W PSU requirement. Depending on how a couple of things pan out, this full 16-pipe card could offer the best bang-for-buck in the 6800 range. []If you’re counting on HDTV working on your spanky new 6800, you’re out of luck: it has been confirmed this morning by Derek Perez of NVIDIA that the both the core and the existing reference board have no capacity to support an HDTV signal – though it is planned for the future NV43 & NV41 cores. If you are hoping a third party vendor is going to slap a discrete chip on there, you are likely to be disappointed because as far as we know no vendors are straying from the reference design.[/list=1]The key lesson here is reading what is said, not reading what you expect: "6800 will support HDTV" is not the same statement as "6800 does feature HDTV"." _____________________ Source: Bit-Tech

Jun 5, 2004, 05:29 PM	#2
BWX unplugged Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: USNY Posts: 19,669 Rep Power: 110 System Specs	What Happened to... "ATI is using 2 year old technology" quoted by some green card making company.....?? __________________

Jun 5, 2004, 07:10 PM	#4
mike2h DriverHeaven Extreme Member Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: norcal Posts: 6,483 Rep Power: 91 System Specs	from nvidia site - Video Scaling and Filtering High-quality scaling and filtering technology improves video playback quality at any window size, including full-screen HDTV resolutions. Integrated TV Encoder Provides best-of-class TV-out functionality for resolutions up to 1024x768. combine this with the fact that the card supports any size flat panel at any res & you got to wonder what the deal is. the card offers hardware support for hdtv does not make much sense not to have it enabled & usable. maybe it is a 'future' upgade or seperate 'add-on'. wdik. got to go along with muffinman as far as that site goes though. __________________

Jun 5, 2004, 06:43 PM	#3
~~MuffinMan~~ Banned Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 14 Rep Power: 0	It's a non-story from a site where they don't make even the most basic of fact checks.