Re: Is onboard vidoe generally good enough?
- From: "Montysl" <montysl@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2005 07:43:01 -0600
The Aopen i915Gm-HFS has both component and DVI output on the board
(nice!)...I was just wondering if, in practice, the onboard solution had
been "good enough" for people attempting to use it.
"Curious" <curious@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Since Intel has been working very closely with MS on future MCE systems I
> believe that the 915 chip with 128MB of memory available has the 10GB/sec
> of memory bandwidth which is enough for 1080i HD video programs with and
> HD tuner card and the card is certainly adequate for 720p programs from an
> HD tuner and is absolutely no problem outputting HD resolutions from other
> sources.
> If you don't want to use a VGA connection to your display you can buy an
> Intel ADD2 PCI card for $25-$35 which has a DVI interface for the 915 chip
> set.
>
> "Techdango" <Techdango@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:2A303954-C834-44E3-B184-57F3173DA447@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Hello,
>>
>> Since you mentioned that you are using on-board, I am assuming it is a
>> VGA
>> port. VGA ports are analog signals that will degrade the quality a
>> little.
>> Your best bet is for using DVI or some other digital signal.
>>
>> "Montysl" wrote:
>>
>>> I have the Pentium M based Aopen board that uses the 915chipset with the
>>> GMA900 video subsystem. The composite and other outputs are all there
>>> but I
>>> read very conflicting reports as to whether this level will give
>>> satisfactory results at HD resolutions (780p+). Does anyone have
>>> experience
>>> with this or similar onboard systems?
>>>
>>> Thanks in advance.....
>>>
>>>
>>>
>
>
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