Can ATI Radeon 8500 and later output 1920x1080i over DVI?

[Stereodude]

I did a bunch of Google searches and can't seem to come up with an answer.

I see that 1920x1080 is a valid resolution for the ATI cards, but they don't show 1920x1080i (meaning 1920x1080 interlaced). 1920x1080i would be similar to 1920x1080 @ 30Hz, but it's going to be a little different due to interlacing.

 

[Stereodude]

Looks like the ATI Catalyst 4.8 might help with this issue.

From the release notes:

EIA 861B Timing Specification

This release of CATALYST™ introduces EIA 861B Timing Specification for DVI based televisions. The RADEON™ Software Release version 8.04 will support 256 byte E-EDID and will decode CEA timing extensions. Further, it will retrieve DTV timing information. When the driver detects EIA 861B timings in E-EDID that the controller cannot handle, it will replace the EDID detail timing with adjusted timings suitable to our controller. The modes will be added as EDID detailed timing.

Common modes that are supported include:

* 640 x 480p at 60 Hz and 25.2 MHz pclk
* 720 x 480p at 59.94 Hz and 27.0 MHz pclk
* 720 x 576p at 50 Hz and 27.0 MHz pclk
* 1280 x 720p at 60 Hz and 74.25 MHz pclk
* 1280 x 720p at 50 Hz and 74.25 MHz pclk
* 1920 x 1080i at 60 Hz and 74.25 MHz pclk
* 1920 x 1080i at 50 Hz and 74.25 MHz pclk
* 1920 x 1080p at 60 Hz and 148.5 MHz pclk
* 1920 x 1080p at 50 Hz and 148.5 MHz pclk

This feature will be supported under the Windows XP and Windows 2000 operating systems.

http://www2.ati.com/drivers/Catalyst_48_release_notes.html

 

[R1ckCa1n]

Looks like you answered your own questions.

I hope these work better with the DVI -> Component adaptor and HDTV

 

[Stereodude]

Looks like you answered your own questions.

I hope these work better with the DVI -> Component adaptor and HDTV

Yeah it does look that way.

I hope it works out. My Hitachi 57S715 gets delivered tomorrow and my DVI to HDMI cable should come shortly after. I'll load the 4.8's on my ATI 8500LE and see what happens.