Galaxy is set to launch GTX 460 with built in WHDI

[happy medium]

I never heard of this on a graphics card, sounds kinda neat.
Comes bundled with HDMI receiver.

http://www.semiaccurate.com/2010/09/29/galaxy-set-launch-gtx-460-built-whdi/

 

[yepp]

Cool.

Zotac on the other hand is planning to release an extremely fat GTX 460.

http://en.expreview.com/2010/09/29/review-for-zotac-geforce-gtx-460/10243.html#more-10243

 

[Red Storm]

This is pretty dumb if you ask me. People who buy dedicated cards with good performance usually upgrade every now and then, and having another component tied to that card means that when it's upgrade time you would be losing both your old card and the the WHDI.

Cool stuff, but not the best idea.

 

[Zap]

Cool.

Zotac on the other hand is planning to release an extremely fat GTX 460.

http://en.expreview.com/2010/09/29/review-for-zotac-geforce-gtx-460/10243.html#more-10243

Cool. Literally. 65°C under Furmark. Guess that's the price to pay for taking up three slots, not being able to install side panel fans and not going liquid cooled. :\

 

[Wag]

This is pretty dumb if you ask me. People who buy dedicated cards with good performance usually upgrade every now and then, and having another component tied to that card means that when it's upgrade time you would be losing both your old card and the the WHDI.

Cool stuff, but not the best idea.

People will buy it though because it fulfills a need and AFAIK it's the first (and only) card of its kind.

 

[-Slacker-]

Seems extremely useful for a lazy asshole like me ... I can just throw the monitor somewhere ner he sopha > gt wireless keyboard and mouse> plant my ass down> vegetate .

 

[Dark Shroud]

I would settle for graphics cards having in connectors for sound cards as a standard feature.

 

[Wag]

I would settle for graphics cards having in connectors for sound cards as a standard feature.

Why do they need this when all the new videocards offer onboard sound?

 

[faxon]

i had a customer come into fry's today who actually works for the company doing the development on the WHDI boards for galaxy. apparently his company's cost on these is about $100 (per board, so transmitter and receiver both) , so expect this card to cost as much as an eyefinity 6 5870. apparently samsung, sony, panasonic, and toshiba (i think, could have been more or less) are already on board to integrate WHDI into future TVs as well though, so potentially when newer TVs come out the cost for this solution could drop significantly. the big players are interested, extremely interested, which is good, but of course corporate interest doesnt always translate into mass adoption and high sales volume

 

[TurtleCrusher]

I see it connects using a mini-pci-e connector. Would you be able to add in a mini pci-e SSD instead of the whdi?

Oh, and posting in yet another Happy Medium 460 thread.

 

[bunnyfubbles]

Cool. Literally. 65°C under Furmark. Guess that's the price to pay for taking up three slots, not being able to install side panel fans and not going liquid cooled. :\

When we consider the average video card user averages using only one expansions slot, it makes even a 4 slot design more than reasonable.

A side intake fan become less important as well because the heatsink/fan can actually properly cool the GPU with reasonable fan levels, even if its using warmer front intake air that has been warmed by hard drives.

I have actually used a similar setup for several generations now with an Accelero S1 + 120mm fan (8800GT, R4850, and currently a R5850 - my GTX470 isn't compatible with the S1) and it has worked brilliantly.

 

[Dark Shroud]

Why do they need this when all the new videocards offer onboard sound?

The onboard sound from the video card is not as good as either the Soundblaster X-Fi or the superior Asus Xoner. There are a few other brands out there as well.

Maybe just a connector on higher end cards instead of all of them.

 

[Wag]

The onboard sound from the video card is not as good as either the Soundblaster X-Fi or the superior Asus Xoner. There are a few other brands out there as well.

Maybe just a connector on higher end cards instead of all of them.

Sure they are. People with HTPC setups, who need integrated sound with bitstreaming are more than satisfied with Intel/ATI/Nvidia's offerings- that's what the market is primarily made up of anyways. The only reason to buy an off-board audio-card is for gaming, and there aren't many reasons to buy that anymore either.