Video Cards once again........

[Ed]

OK.............

I am about to order a gaming computer but I still do not understand the deal with the outputs of the video card.

The deal is this: I have a HDTV that uses (naturally) component inputs. Just hooking wires to the inputs will not necessarily give you HD. I bought this thinking that it would convert VGA but no, all you get is s-video quality.

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B000099O58/102-8051435-3509724?%5Fencoding=UTF8


I am going to get the Radeon x800 Pro which supposedly is HD. However when I asked them they responded thus:

Regarding your inquiry:

The HDTV adapter solution supports HDTV Modes of 480i/480p, 720p, 1080i and 16:9. I have listed some examples of these modes below:

800x600 4:3 STD 480i/p
1024x768 4:3 STD 480i/p
1152x864 4:3 STD 480i/p
1280x768 16:9 WS 720P
1280x960 4:3 STD 720P
1280x1024 4:3 STD 720P
1600x1200 4:3 STD 720P
1792x1344 4:3 STD 1080i
1800x1440 4:3 STD 1080i
1856x1392 4:3 STD 1080i
1920x1080 16:9 WS 1080i
1920x1200 16:9 WS 1080i
1920x1440 4:3 STD 1080i
2048x1536 4:3 STD 1080i


Regards,:

Which is fine and good but it does not say that the damn signal is at the stated resolution!

Am I crazy? Is my question even clear? Does anyone know about this stuff?

Thank you.

[thrombus29]

I just got my dad a 9600 AIW, for a TV capture, so I think I understand your problem.


ATI told you that you can set the card to send out the signal in any of those modes, You need to see what your HDTV takes.

You are also going to need one of these I think.


http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-999-203&depa=0

That should work.