On Thu, Feb 28, 2008 at 7:58 AM, Richard Bronosky <<a href="mailto:BrunosJunk@bronosky.com">BrunosJunk@bronosky.com</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Am I missing something here? It seems to me that any mobo with "DVI"<br>
is actually DVI-I, meaning that it has both analog and digital. This<br>
allows the use of a DVI->VGA cable. So, I'm forced to wonder, why are<br>
hardware manufacturers in the year 2008 throwing away the digital<br>
signal and only providing access to the post D/A processed outcome?<br>
You can't [easily] buy a display that is analog only. So, why is it<br>
so hard to by a mobo that is NOT analog only?<br>
<br>
I'm looking for an Intel G965 chipset mobo for a dedicated [digital<br>
A/V only] HD frontend system. (based on<br>
<a href="http://arstechnica.com/guides/buyer/guide-200802-green.ars/2" target="_blank">http://arstechnica.com/guides/buyer/guide-200802-green.ars/2</a> from Ars<br>
Technica) But I can't find anything that is not VGA only!<br>
</blockquote><div> </div></div>One thing to consider for Intel cards is the availability of ADD2 cards that you can use to add additional outputs from the onboard graphics card (including DVI).<br><br><a href="http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/intel915g/sb/CS-013296.htm">http://www.intel.com/support/graphics/intel915g/sb/CS-013296.htm</a><br>
<br>Looking at the page above the following chipsets are supported: G35, G33, G31, G965, Q965, Q963, 946GZ, 915G or 945G .<br><br>Deyan<br>