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Nvidia 6600 HDTV Output Better than the 6800?

Posted by Cliff on from the which-will-look-better dept.

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?"

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  1. 6800 has HDTV by tao_of_biology · · Score: 4, Informative
    According to this link, the GEFORCE 6800 has DVD and HDTV-ready MPEG-2 decoding up to 1920x1080i resolutions. So, it looks like it has the same HDTV capabilities.

    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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    1. Re:6800 has HDTV by recursiv · · Score: 3, Funny

      One comment has completely answered the question!
      I think this is a new record for ask slashdot.

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    2. Re:6800 has HDTV by krazed · · Score: 2, Interesting

      HDTV output, not hdtv-ready.

      The 6600 "Provides world-class HDTV-out functionality up to and including 1920x1080i resolutions." The 6800 does not.

  2. A 6800 for a HTPC?! by Cthefuture · · Score: 4, Insightful

    Just curious. Why?

    There are cheaper cards that can do media decoding. Plus all those high-end card have huge honking loud-ass fans on them.

    Are you going to be running Doom3 on it or something?

    I use low-end GeForce cards for my arcade machines (like the GF4-440; no fans!) and for my HTPC I use the PVR-350 output... wonderful card that. You see, all that stuff is just 2D output which isn't really that different from low to high-end.

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  3. Existing cards with DVI on DVI-capable TVs by Gangis · · Score: 2, Interesting

    I'm interested in this as well. My Philips 34" widescreen HDTV supports DVI-D input, and I want to build a HTPC. I guess a better question for me would be, could I use any DVI-capable video card, as long as it can display the 1920x1080 interlaced resolution? I do know that most DVI capable cards are DVI-I, which can output in both DVI-A and DVI-D. Any thoughts?

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  4. Re:is it possible to get widescreen resoluitons? by Elwood+P+Dowd · · Score: 2, Informative

    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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  5. Better link for 6800 and HDTV output by tao_of_biology · · Score: 4, Informative
    Check out this link. It lists HDTV Output (720p, 1080i, 480p, CGMS) as a feature of the 6800.

    Hopefully this more directly addresses the issue.

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  6. AVS Forum has an HTPC sub forum by angle_slam · · Score: 4, Informative

    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.