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Nvidia 6600 HDTV Output Better than the 6800?
SupaFox asks: "I was reading through the specs of the soon to be released Nvidia GeForce 6600 and on the last line of the features and benefits page it reads: 'Integrated HDTV Encoder Provides world-class HDTV-out functionality up to and including 1920x1080i resolutions.' I don't see this listed explicitly on the features page for the potentially more expensive 6800. Does that mean using a 6600 is a better option for someone building a media center or HTPC or getting a fancy new LCD or Plasma display as a primary or secondary display option for a PC or is the 6800 just as good? Any thoughts?"
This doesn't mean it's not the better choice for a media center, but it looks like it has the HDTV stuff.
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I assume you've tried opening the "Display Properties" screen, clicking the "Advanced" button on the settings tab, and then clicking on the "List All Modes..." button on the adapter tab, right?
That would be my first guess. Sometimes folks only try the slider...
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Hopefully this more directly addresses the issue.
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AVS Forum is a very large forum dedicated solely to audio video systems. They have a separate sub forum dedicated to HTPCs. While this particular question appears to have been answered elsewhere in this thread, in general, you'll get more helpful advice for A/V related questions from AVS forum than you will from slashdot.
Find and download a program called Powerstrip. It allows custom resolutions of any sort, and custom signal timing parameters as well. It's not free, but I think CompUSA can afford $30.