Sparkle to sell worlds first Display port GRFX card, 8800GT

[Kanifee]

well i came across this over at XSreviews and it seems like a nice step forword though it will mean new monitors for us all with our new cards when the time comes.
One thing i dont understand is this,

SPARKLE takes the lead in introducing DisplayPort interface into the SPARKLE GeForce 8800 GT DisplayPort Graphics Card with only one cable required, it is able to simultaneously transmit 3 1080p high resolution digital video streams and 7.1 surround-sound audio quality with 10.8Gb/s bandwidth.

By my workinng this means that if you want to run dual or triple monitor set up's your going to have to fork out for a trple headed Display Port lead or will monitor manufacturers take heed and build a daisy chain system for this... maybe also the ability to use quad monitor set ups on a single card with the use of the Hdmi port aswell!
Also looks like GRFX/audio combo cards will be the standerd soon?

Here is the origanel article here

 

[helmutcheese]

There is already Display Port Nvidia cards and 1 or 2 Monitors.

I cant view Intranet as of my settings and i aint changing them.

 

[willhub]

Link is dud.

 

[Kanifee]

Proberbly just me running behind the times then lol still dont understand how they are getting around three streams on a single lead though

 

[helmutcheese]

I can now see the Photo above and the link works.

 

[helmutcheese]

There is already Display Port Nvidia cards and 1 or 2 Monitors.

I cant view Intranet as of my settings and i aint changing them.

Same as Fibre Optic can takes lots of calls, its Digital so wont get all mixed up

 

[Skeeter]

can someone explain DisplayPort in 1 scentance... including the advantages over DVI, and how it links with HDMI and HD TV's?

 

[helmutcheese]

No, but you can read in laymans term at Wiki, I have posted it enough times

HDMI wont take off on PC's its Display Port from PC's that will get took onboard more.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort

 

[willhub]

Cant they intergrate HDMi and DP so they used the same port?

 

[OCOCOC]

Cant they intergrate HDMi and DP so they used the same port?

No, because HDMI is licensed. And DP is a cheaper replacement for HDMI and it is exactly the same thing technically apart from it's license free.
So there's no point to integrate DP with HDMI. And I'd say, DP has brighter future.

 

[HummuH1]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DisplayPort

Interesting. So DP 1.1 supports HDCP and also allows HDMI pass-through.

So (noob moment), I assume that you could hook PC/HDTV via a disply port then using a HDMI cable and get Video/Audio via HDMI?

 

[OCOCOC]

So (noob moment), I assume that you could hook PC/HDTV via a disply port then using a HDMI cable and get Video/Audio via HDMI?

The DP-HDMI dongles have been seen in China. And they have been commerciallized as far as I know. So no problem here

 

[Grimley]

I think sparkle have been beaten to it.

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=GX-064-GW