http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/msi-announces-worlds-first-hdmi-certified-graphics-card/ Engadget Comments for MSI announces world's first "HDMI certified" graphics card http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/msi-announces-worlds-first-hdmi-certified-graphics-card/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/msi-announces-worlds-first-hdmi-certified-graphics-card/Aug 16th 2006 9:47AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/msi-announces-worlds-first-hdmi-certified-graphics-card/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/msi-announces-worlds-first-hdmi-certified-graphics-card/Aug 16th 2006 9:52AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/msi-announces-worlds-first-hdmi-certified-graphics-card/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/msi-announces-worlds-first-hdmi-certified-graphics-card/
That card is utter crap... wait till gainward release 7950's with them on Golden Sample SLI 1Gb cards :D

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This card has a lot more that anyone expects from a Video card, and if the news is correct, we might see more "multimedia cards" (no, not that thing you plugged your 286's CD-Rom drive into) in the future, combination video, sound, and all other goodness.]]>Aug 16th 2006 10:12AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/msi-announces-worlds-first-hdmi-certified-graphics-card/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/msi-announces-worlds-first-hdmi-certified-graphics-card/Aug 16th 2006 10:15AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/msi-announces-worlds-first-hdmi-certified-graphics-card/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/msi-announces-worlds-first-hdmi-certified-graphics-card/Aug 16th 2006 10:30AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/msi-announces-worlds-first-hdmi-certified-graphics-card/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/msi-announces-worlds-first-hdmi-certified-graphics-card/Aug 16th 2006 10:50AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/msi-announces-worlds-first-hdmi-certified-graphics-card/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/msi-announces-worlds-first-hdmi-certified-graphics-card/Aug 16th 2006 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/msi-announces-worlds-first-hdmi-certified-graphics-card/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/msi-announces-worlds-first-hdmi-certified-graphics-card/Aug 16th 2006 10:53AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/msi-announces-worlds-first-hdmi-certified-graphics-card/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/msi-announces-worlds-first-hdmi-certified-graphics-card/Aug 16th 2006 10:54AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/msi-announces-worlds-first-hdmi-certified-graphics-card/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/msi-announces-worlds-first-hdmi-certified-graphics-card/
DVI is perfectly capable of carrying the same HDCP signal. I have my PC hooked up through DVI to my HDTV and it works just fine with HDCP-protected material.

The only difference is HDMI carries sound (not "usually" - it's part of the spec). Not sure how that works with this card, if it's a combination video/sound card or if it somehow relies on your existing sound card via software or something, but it's gotta be carrying sound somehow.
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I've been thinking about buying that Saphire card for a couple months now... it's just that it's not that big of an improvement over my current card, the 7800GS. I wish ATI and Nvidia would offer more cards with HDMI output. Oh well...]]>Aug 16th 2006 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/msi-announces-worlds-first-hdmi-certified-graphics-card/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/msi-announces-worlds-first-hdmi-certified-graphics-card/Oct 17th 2006 3:57AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/msi-announces-worlds-first-hdmi-certified-graphics-card/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/msi-announces-worlds-first-hdmi-certified-graphics-card/
My understanding is that only pre-certified entire systems will be able to play HD movies. I'm not sure exactly what this means, but apparently the card, motherboard, hd-dvd drive etc all have to be spec'ed properly and maybe even hardware ID'd so they can only work together.

So this sounds like mainly more marketing hype for the moment, although prob. a step in the right direction.]]>Aug 16th 2006 7:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/msi-announces-worlds-first-hdmi-certified-graphics-card/http://www.engadget.com/2006/08/16/msi-announces-worlds-first-hdmi-certified-graphics-card/Aug 19th 2006 8:32AM