Advice required

[hotdog]

Hi,
thinking about getting a new nvdia 460 card but i have a couple of Q's :-

i have an 8800gt at the moment, when purchasing it the nvidia cards could not do hdmi audio and video - is this still the case???

Will the card output a better resolution to my 32'' TV i.e some films i run at the moment fill only 1/3 of the screen, would this change?

Will the new cards draw less power?

thanks people

 

[RJC]

Looking at reviews the new cards can do Audio over HDMI, on the power consumption I think the card will pull more!

http://www.anandtech.com/bench/Product/180?vs=178

The film running 1/3 of the screen is probably the ratio it was filmed in.

 

[hotdog]

I ask the stupid question as when i last purchased ATI did HDMI support where as NVIDIA only did HDMI (video) crazy as if id of know that i would have gone the ATI route.

I have a P5Q motherboard which i believe only accepts NVDIA cards (would that be right?)

thanks again

 

[Hairybudda]

I ask the stupid question as when i last purchased ATI did HDMI support where as NVIDIA only did HDMI (video) crazy as if id of know that i would have gone the ATI route.

I have a P5Q motherboard which i believe only accepts NVDIA cards (would that be right?)

thanks again

You can put whatever PCIE graphics card you want in your P5Q

 

[CSA]

Are nvidia only doing thse mini HDMI ports now ? where as ive seen most ATI cards do full size HDMI ports ?

Im in the market for a new card soon but due to a serious lack of space for my pc tower i need a card with a full size dedicated HDMI slot,an adaptor will not do

 

[hlennie]

U can get a mini hdmi to normal hdmi cable they don't cost much and no need for a adapter