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SPDIF header on the motherboard into SPDIF header on the 8800GT (assuming both have the headers, not all do).

The 80 and 90 series Forceware drivers mention support via the MCCS Panel. The 80 series Quadro drivers mention support also. The 177.x drivers mention support, but only in relation to the DisplayPort AUX channel. Notwithstanding Nvidia breaking/deleting features in the progression from...

Unlike the previous Galaxy LP cards, there seems to be good supply in Australia, and not too badly priced. Got any mates in Oz who could post one to you?

My 2c ... About 3 weeks ago I had one of these die on me. PSU, MB, and circuitbreaker all went at the same time. Not sure if the circuitbreaker tripping killed the PC or the other way around ... (the machine had had less than 1 month on-time, but had been in storage for a while ... )...

The page isn't up yet, but also keep an eye out for the Intel DQ45EK. I didn't put these in the list earlier in the thread as they have only a single PCIe-x1.

Fussy, fussy, fussy. :-) :-) Also BCM Embedded Computing IX965Q.

Well, there are more than ten, but still not much of a selection ... :-/ NEXCOM -- NEX 660 -- s775 (C2D), PCIe-x16 Portwell [Epox] -- WADE-8156 -- s775 (C2D), PCIe-x16 Portwell [Epox] -- WADE-8656 -- s775 (C2Q), PCIe-x16 Portwell [Epox] -- PEB-7602VG2A -- s775 (C2Q), PCIe-x16 Portwell...

From the solder pads next to the VGA port that you can see here I'd expect a DVI version is in the pipeline.

There are no audio pins in HDMI. ATI have a non-standard implementation of HDMI/DVI (see my post here) that seems to use the pins for the second DVI link to act as sensor/excluder for non-ATI adaptors. What ATI did to enable audio-over-PCIe was nice (albeit a long-standing option under...

You have to use the ATI dongle because they have a non-standard implementation of HDMI/DVI (see my post here). There are no audio pins in HDMI. Your DVI-to-HDMI cable is fine, the problem is to do with ATI's non-standard implementation of HDMI/DVI.

Haven't seen this mentioned yet. Albatron LP 8600GT with DL-DVI+HDMI, DDR III, and PCI interface -- PCI8600GT. I presume there would be an SPDIF header given that it has HDMI, but the photos have HSF shroud is in the way. I wonder if the PCI bandwith would get in the way of smooth BluRay...

Well, the new Hitachi drive is fine. Installed XP SP3 using it in the SFF OK. The system is sluggish but I think that is due to running 1920x1200 with Intel GMA. (Not a priority to fix yet :-) So it is looking more and more like there is a problem with the IDE cables or the motherboard.

OC3D is reporting that ATI have accepted an offer by Nvidia to take up PhysX.

At the moment, unfortunately, no; I only have the three drives mentioned. I need to get a stable system built so that I can scan and recover both the old drives' files (and the SFF has't got the connections to do this easily). The intention was to wipe the Maxtor and move it to the SFF -- as the...

Its been quite a while since I've had to do any hardware debugging like this so I'm a bit rusty and feel that I'm missing something obvious; can anyone help please. Recently our general home PC has been a bit sluggish so I decided to do an offline supervised virus scan. Turns out the...

Don't forget the strategic importance of the GT200, nor the risks Nvidia has taken by choosing that strategy. Think about how mass-market PC video cards have developed; GPU was 2D; GPU took on 3D; 3D split into general 3D and CAD/CAM 3D but with the same base GPU; video processing was added...

In a way you are both right. I think it may help the discussion if the more detailed terms AVIVO+UVD and PureVideo+VPx were used. AVIVO and PureVideo/PureVideoHD are the technology umbrellas, whereas UVD and VP1/VP2/VP3 are the hardware optimisations that enable elements of AVIVO and...

All good points. But there is always some power-crazed person who wants to jamb as much in as possible. :-)

FYI a low profile Galaxy 9600GT is in the works ( http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?p=1032514065#post1032514065 ).

Nice! The Galaxy 8600GT has been reported in this thread to be a bit noisy so I wonder if they've improved the cooler? Hopefully they'll also do a DL-DVI version. Hmmm .... odd. I can't see the SPDIF header in that Expreview photo. And what is that funny-looking tab hanging down off the...

The best low-profile PCIe x16 video card?

Three options (all with drawbacks): 1> Ditch the riser card and plug the video card into the motherboard. But most BTX cases don't make provision for this so you may have to mod the backplate. Also, case has to be at least 80mm high; plus, if the case is 80-120mm high you'll be restricted to...

Ignoring for a moment price & availability per country, for LGA775+PCIe-x16 there is also: Portwell [Epox] WADE-8656 & Portwell [Epox] WADE-8156 iEi Technology KINO-9654G4 Commell LV-674E NB the LV-674 (no "E") is P4 only iBase MI900 & iBase MI935 Others ... ? There is also a long list...

8500GT PCI (yes, old pci!) Long shot at playing H264@1080p!

DVI and HDMI (not including v1.3) have the same maximum bandwith. The audio has to be interleaved into the video blanking. At higher and higher bandwith useage (e.g. when reduced blanking is employed) the audio data islands may limit the available video bandwith. More details here

Exactly. AACS rules limit unencrypted sound being passed over a "user accessible bus" to AC3-grade. SPDIF/Toslink isn't encrypted. Intel HD Audio (chipset feature) mostly uses user accessible buses (such as PCIe), which I presume is why ATI is limited to AC3-grade audio even though they have...

If they are really pushing this at the HTPC market, the lack of HDMI-over-DVI is an important (but not necessarily critical) omission.

I think your arguments are perfectly reasonable, and I agree that we are not likely to see a significant jump in LP card performance. However, I'm not sure I fully agree with this: ... at least where Nvidia cards are concerned. Nvidia advises that lower end hardware may not be able to do...

The core problem is that the AACS rules limit non-DRM protected path content to AC3, and neither SPDIF links (the Nvidia & old ATI solution) nor IntelHD audio over PCIe (the new ATI solution) are protected path. PCIe can be ... once kernel-level drivers are implemented in the OS (which AFAIK...

Back on page 6 we mused whether a 256-bus was too big for a LP card. If so, the 9600GT won't work. If 256-bit is too big, it would be interesting if 192-bit was OK ... LP 8800GS anyone? :-) Or maybe there'll be a 192-bit 9600GS that could go low?

This is usually a referenct eo a breakout cable that turns a 9-pin mini-DIN port into a set of component cables. E.g. http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51083HPZN7L._AA280_.jpg

You got that edit in quickly! I was going to say that products like this (Gefen DVI to DVI and RGBHV) usually work OK. But products like this (Gefen DVI to DVI and Component Adapter -- similar to that monoprice part) usually don't because GPU / video card manufacturers have largely stopped...

I've said it before and I'll say it again, ...

I read it quite differently. The Nvidia press release states "we can now bring GeForce®-accelerated PhysX to hundreds of millions of gamers around the world", and "Applications such as physics, ... are enabled through CUDA ..." To me this is a pretty clear statement of intent to draw on...

Ah, no. VGA is RGB (with various sync combinations such as RGsB, RGBHV, etc.). Video/S-video/Component use a different colourspace and conversion requires an active adaptor (EDIT: as Blahman notes).

What? Isn't playing with the I/O gender benders' enough?

According to ATI, and user reports, the ATI DVI-to-HDMI dongle for the HD2xxx and HD3xxx cards is a special (read "proprietary") design -- see links near the bottom of this post. So, the proprietary ATI DVI-to-HDMI dongle may be the problem. Attaching a "normal" DVI-to-HDMI adaptor/cable to...

Oddly enough I had been pondering for the past few months if a 192-bit GPU would see the light of day -- but I thought if I mentioned it I'd be laughed off the web. The reason is that there could be one possible use for a 192-bit interface -- low profile cards. The continuing lack of 256-bit...

Even though they haven't traditionally been designed to go above 60Hz, there are a small number of 1920x1080 LCDs for which 72Hz+ has been done over SL-DVI. With newer LCD TVs touting 100Hz/120Hz display, there could be a chance that 75Hz input may happen ... but I'd still expect it to be a...

Some details here (for the HDMI version) http://www.hardspell.com/english/doc/showcont.asp?news_id=1900&pageid=2081