Saturday, November 17th 2007
NVIDIA Claims AMD Cannot Play HD Content; AMD Rebuttal Shows Otherwise
At NVIDIA's recent Editors Day, NVIDIA tried pretty hard to show just how awesome they think the 8800GT is. To do this, they took two computers, put an 8800GT in one, a 2900XT on the other, paired both to a 30" HP monitor that runs at a native 2560x1600 resolution, and tried to get both to play an HD-DVD. The 2900XT, according to NVIDIA, could not play any HD content, and was limited to 1920x1200. The incriminating slide is below. However, AMD was very prompt in their rebuttal. While the 8800GT can display HD content in a resolution higher than 1920x1200, none of the other 8800 cards can. The 8800GTX and Ultra, which are more powerful than the 8800GT and much more expensive, are limited to single-key HDCP, limiting the resolution and playback to 1920x1200. AMD then put an HD-DVD in the drive of a test system with an HD 3850, plugged it into a monitor capable of displaying a 2560x1600 resolution, and watched the movie in full screen with full hardware acceleration. AMD was also able to achieve full-screen playback on a test system with 2 HD 2900XTs.
Source:
The Inquirer
86 Comments on NVIDIA Claims AMD Cannot Play HD Content; AMD Rebuttal Shows Otherwise
for shame nvidia.
In short, nVidia is a dumbass just trying to deface ati.
:rockout:
This is really a stupid move by nvidia.
that is one reason i WONT buy Nvidia. the other, they SUCK.
:toast:
I do diligence on anything electronic the 100.00 and up range.
the "sheeple"
But, people like us, go and spend 3 to 4 days, 1 to 3 weeks to look and see which ones to get. Then when we do even find that, that still means 4 days to find the right price... Not everyone that plays games believe in looking at all the possibilities.
Nvidia is aiming this at the people who are digging into the nuts and bolts of their hardware.
Sad to say, their target audience already knows what the hardware will do.
Maybe Nvidia needs to come here to TPU and lets us write their promos :D
The problem is that I have had so many issues with Nvidia drivers that I don't buy their hardware anymore.
ATI also has issues, but out of the box, their hardware and drivers are more stable and I have less problems.
My pair of 1950s run flawlessly.
So ... ATI FTW!