17th February 2006

[Becky]

DFI Infinity Mini-ATX Motherboard Overclocking Preview
MadShrimps
MSI 975X Platinum (Intel 975X Express)
Hardware Zone
NVIDIA 7800GS AGP Graphics Card
Cool Tech Zone
ATI Radeon X1900 XTX
Hardware Secrets
OCZ EL DDR PC-4000 Gold GX XTC 2GB Dual Channel Kit
Mod the Box
Ultra X2 550 Watt Power Supply with Flex Force Cabling
Pro-Clockers
Evercool Silver Knight
Think Computers
Asetek WaterChill Family
X-Bit Labs
Swiftech H2O-220-Apex Ultra
Overclockers Online
Sennheiser HD555
R & B Mods

 

[muckshifter]

The Great HDCP Fiasco

You want to know a secret? None of the current ATI or nVidia graphics cards will support the full capabilities of Windows Vista.

Well now, there is a surprise.

 

[PotGuy]

i read 1 billion pcs are unable to run windows vista at all

 

[ChristopherP]

I particulary like the way the author is so Do-Gamn blunt!

We’ve been able to confirm that none of the Built-by-ATI Radeons support HDCP. If you’ve just spent $1000 on a pair of Radeon X1900 XT graphics cards expecting to be able to playback HD-DVD or Blu-Ray movies at 1920x1080 resolution in the future, you’ve just wasted your money.

NVIDIA, being a GPU manufacturer was unable to discuss the plans of board manufacturers. We contacted all six of NVIDIA’s Tier-1 board partners. None of the GeForce 6 or 7 video cards available on the market, including the most recently released GeForce 7800GS, have HDCP support. So if you just spent $1500 on a pair of 7800GTX 512MB GPUs expecting to be able to play 1920x1080 HD-DVD or Blu-Ray movies in the future, you’ve just wasted your money.