- Nov 12, 2006
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Hi,
I've been reading up on some of the limited info on the AMD R600 gpu's that should be coming out soon, and one of the more interesting points I found was that they would have HDMI outputs with 5.1 sound. Is there any more info on the sound component of these next generation cards? Do you think that next-gen cards will integrate sound, making sound cards unnecessary? Of course, some say that motherboard-integrated sound has already replaced the necessity for sound cards, but many, including me, are not satisfied with the quality of on-board sound. It may be the case that sound integrated on the GPU's will be below-par, as well.
I've got one more question, too. Does anyone know what Nvidia will respond to the R600 with? Will they release a refresh of the 8800's, or will the 8900's come out first? Will the refreshed 8800's include the beefed-up video decoding that is now featured on the 8600 line of mid-range cards? (I think it's called PureVideoHD, or VP2; not sure).
I don't know if all of these questions are answerable yet, but feel free to speculate. (Just remember to let us know if you do so we don't spread misinformation
)
-BN
I've been reading up on some of the limited info on the AMD R600 gpu's that should be coming out soon, and one of the more interesting points I found was that they would have HDMI outputs with 5.1 sound. Is there any more info on the sound component of these next generation cards? Do you think that next-gen cards will integrate sound, making sound cards unnecessary? Of course, some say that motherboard-integrated sound has already replaced the necessity for sound cards, but many, including me, are not satisfied with the quality of on-board sound. It may be the case that sound integrated on the GPU's will be below-par, as well.
I've got one more question, too. Does anyone know what Nvidia will respond to the R600 with? Will they release a refresh of the 8800's, or will the 8900's come out first? Will the refreshed 8800's include the beefed-up video decoding that is now featured on the 8600 line of mid-range cards? (I think it's called PureVideoHD, or VP2; not sure).
I don't know if all of these questions are answerable yet, but feel free to speculate. (Just remember to let us know if you do so we don't spread misinformation
)-BN
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