How to find 'Native HDMI' on Nvidia Cards ??

[thatsright]

Hi All. Putting together a new rig and have a question about HDMI.

1. I want to get a Native HDMI card. I looked on Newegg and its not very helpful to find one that I need. I am looking for a Nvidia card with native HDMI w/ 256 Bit memory bus, 1GB of RAM and under/around $100 or so.

2. What is the difference between native HDMI and non-native? How would I know.

3. Should I run my LCD monitor off of the HDMI connection, or DVI.

 

[BTA]

I dunno about the native thing, but there's really no reason to worry about HDMI unless you are going to be hooking it up to a TV and want the audio over HDMI.

DVI will have the same picture quality.

 

[v8envy]

My 8800GT came with 'HDMI' support advertised on the box. Apparently it has the HDMI keys in BIOS -- when I use various windows utilities it claims a fully protected path exists to my DVI-only 1920x1200 monitor *or* a DVI-HDMI adaptor to my TV. Blu-ray is definitely displayed in full 1080p in both cases (according to the TV mode display and my eyeballs).

So, if the card says it supports 'HDMI' and only has DVI-out you could be good to go with a monoprice DVI-HDMI adapter.

For me audio is not an issue -- my receiver doesn't do audio over HDMI (I have no idea WHY they'd design it in such a stupid way), the audio is passed through to the TV. At which point I use a toslink cable back to the receiver. That's my solution for guaranteeing I get audio for any source to the TV with only one connection.

 

[pmv]

Am I mistaken? I though HDMI and DVI were essentially the same thing, just a different shaped plug and DVI lacks the wires for the sound? Is there some other technical difference?

 

[nitromullet]

Am I mistaken? I though HDMI and DVI were essentially the same thing, just a different shaped plug and DVI lacks the wires for the sound? Is there some other technical difference?

No, you have it right.

 

[Kenmitch]

1. I want to get a Native HDMI card. I looked on Newegg and its not very helpful to find one that I need. I am looking for a Nvidia card with native HDMI w/ 256 Bit memory bus, 1GB of RAM and under/around $100 or so.

Newegg's search is pretty good....But you gotta fill in all the options you are looking for

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...e=&srchInDesc=

Your price point is well....The starting point on Newegg but you might be able to find something you like for a little more.

Guess if your not hooking up to a TV you could get by fine without a native hdmi connections anyways.

 

[nenforcer]

"Native" means the HDMI connector is integrated into the video card itself so you won't have to use a DVI->HDMI external adapter.

You can find exactly what your looking for if you choose the "Advanced Search" on NewEgg.

Also, there are some other threads about HDMI and HDMI->DVI adapters going on right now that I've been posting in. Look for yesterday or a couple of days earlier in Video Cards and Graphics.

 

[Cattykit]

Quote:
Originally Posted by pmv
Am I mistaken? I though HDMI and DVI were essentially the same thing, just a different shaped plug and DVI lacks the wires for the sound? Is there some other technical difference?

nitromullet: No, you have it right.


Not really. Most HDMI connections limit the signal: you 16-235 instead of 0-255 DR.
If your output device is a TV, this wouldn't matter; but, for monitors, avoid using HDMI port.

 

[Keysplayr]

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814261062
GTS250 green edition. 1GB GDDR3, 256-bit, 1 HDMI. 119.99.