Sapphire has released a new low-profile Radeon X1600 Pro video card that sports a HDMI output on the back of the card.
The HDMI output enables a connection to the latest HDTVs, and also supports the HDCP content protection so that next-gen optical content can be played.
There's SPDIF in, so that your sound can run into the HDMI port and out to your A/V receiver (HDMI carries sound, as well as video).
The Sapphire card supports ATI's Avivo technology for video acceleration of standard and high definition content. The card itself runs at 500/800 and has 256MB RAM.
Interestingly, because HDMI only supports HD resolutions, you can only output 1280x720 and 1920x1080 over it. For standard desktop connections, there's a VGA port.
No word on pricing just yet. Will you be picking up a HDMI card to build a Media Center box? Let us know over in the forums.
We've got one of these cards in at the moment, so here's some spy shots for you.
The HDMI output enables a connection to the latest HDTVs, and also supports the HDCP content protection so that next-gen optical content can be played.
There's SPDIF in, so that your sound can run into the HDMI port and out to your A/V receiver (HDMI carries sound, as well as video).
The Sapphire card supports ATI's Avivo technology for video acceleration of standard and high definition content. The card itself runs at 500/800 and has 256MB RAM.
Interestingly, because HDMI only supports HD resolutions, you can only output 1280x720 and 1920x1080 over it. For standard desktop connections, there's a VGA port.
No word on pricing just yet. Will you be picking up a HDMI card to build a Media Center box? Let us know over in the forums.
We've got one of these cards in at the moment, so here's some spy shots for you.
MSI MPG Velox 100R Chassis Review
October 14 2021 | 15:04
Want to comment? Please log in.