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carlmart

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Today I ended up understanding what other functions that round multi-pin connector on some video-boards might have. It seems you can get HDTV output from it.

Until now I thought that was only an S-Video output, and could never understand what the others pins were for.

Until I saw that the Quadro FX-560 comes (standard?) with a box that you plug on that connector and you seem to get component out from it.

Does anyone know where I can get such a box? Boards I am interested in, from Gigabyte or XFX, say they have HDTV output but don't provide such a cable/box.
 
The MSI Oc'ed 8800 Ultra I just got comes with a cable that splits of that round connection into S-Video and component video.
 
heatlesssun said:
The MSI Oc'ed 8800 Ultra I just got comes with a cable that splits of that round connection into S-Video and component video.
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For $800 it should come with the TV too!!! :D

In any case that means that there is a cable that it probably sold separately for that purpose. Good to know.
 
carlmart said:
For $800 it should come with the TV too!!! :D

In any case that means that there is a cable that it probably sold separately for that purpose. Good to know.
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Got my Ultra for $750 Saturday before last, it's gone up since then.

Actually, I got a pair of XFX 7950GX's last year that came with the same type of cable as well. It should come with the card.
 
Yeah, component cables came with my card too... if it's got the extra pins, it supports HDTV output. Some older ones (read: FX, early 6000 series, 9800, etc.) only had composite / S-video out, but basically every card made now will support HDTV-out.

And even if you can't find the right cable, you could always get a DVI-component cable.
 
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