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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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  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. 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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  4. 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.