On Fri, Dec 12, 2008 at 11:59 AM, James <wirel...@tampabay.rr.com> wrote: > Paul Hartman <paul.hartman+gentoo <at> gmail.com> writes: > > >> I've never tried the HDMI, so I can't say how it behaves, but yeah it >> came with a DVI to HDMI dongle thing. As far as I know the video >> signal in HDMI and DVI are identical, and that HDMI is basically like >> "DVI with sound". I could be wrong about that though. > > > Electrically DVI-D and HDMI are compatible, with converter (your dongle). > > HDMI does run software based protocols that dvi do not have the capability > to run/understand. That why you need and HDMI output on the video card > directly to get into auto negotiated protocols between HDMI devices. > > > This is all not to be confused with Intel's evil "HDCP" > http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HDCP > > This is one aspect of why I never purchase anything from Intel. > Evil, Evil Evil....... > > >> One thing to beware of with this particular card is that it is HUGE, >> both in length and the big Arctic Cooling heat sink causes it to be >> very tall. I have an enormous thermaltake armour case and it was still >> a tight squeeze. If your case is less than 9 inches wide I don't know >> if it would fit. > > My case is 7" wide. Nice to know. I did find a passively cool 8500GT > but I'm not sure it will be sufficient for gaming: > > http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/ > item-details.asp?EdpNo=4283330&CatId=1826 > > > How would I know if this will work very well with bzflag (that the > game my kids are hooked on...)?
My previous card was an 8500GT in fact, and other than the fan dying and causing the card to melt, it was fine.
