<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sun, Mar 30, 2008 at 1:20 PM, Brian Phillips <<a href="mailto:brian.phillips@gmx.net">brian.phillips@gmx.net</a>> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
<div class="Ih2E3d">steve wrote:<br>
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> the best cable to get is dvi to dvi. anytime you use a converter<br>
> cable you are subject to signal loss/downgrade. although, your only<br>
> taking 1 performance step down to component. svideo can only carry<br>
> 480, id switch to dvi->component.<br>
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</div>It seems to me the cable he linked to required that he have a DVI-I port,<br>
which means what's coming out of the DVI is component (analog). Cables do<br>
not subject you to the type of loss you are referring to (conversion loss).<br>
The most the cables he linked to would do would be the same type of loss<br>
available in any analog cable.<br>
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As long as your 7300 has a DVI-I port and not just a DVI-D port, your<br>
DVI-Component cables would connect your computer to a display without any<br>
"conversion loss" as the analog signal is coming out of your video card and<br>
not being created by the cables.<br>
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However, what you linked to has this caveat. From the webpage:<br>
<div class="Ih2E3d"><a href="http://sewelldirect.com/DVI-to-Component-Adapter-Cable-6ft.asp" target="_blank">http://sewelldirect.com/DVI-to-Component-Adapter-Cable-6ft.asp</a><br>
</div>"These cables are not compatible with PC or Mac video card outputs unless<br>
specifically stated in your video card. They also do not support Y, Cr, Cb<br>
signals. If you're looking for a way to use your computer video output with<br>
your HDTV display, check out our VGA to HDTV Converter."<br>
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So it doesn't look like it will hook up to your TV.<br>
<div><div></div><div class="Wj3C7c"></div></div></blockquote><div><br>Yeah, looks like these cables need sync-on-green which apparently nvidia cards do not provide. So that's a no-go.<br><br>The pickings get mighty slim when you're looking for an nvidia card that (in order of priority) fits in a low profile case, has component output, is fanless and supports XvMC.<br>
<br>I may give up on the last two items and try this one ... <a href="http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16814139018">http://www.newegg.com/product/product.aspx?item=N82E16814139018</a><br><br>The XvMC isn't necessary for me at the moment, I'd prefer not to use it at all, but I thought when I upgraded to HD I could use it on the frontend until I beefed up the CPU there.<br>
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