HDCP Dual Link, New PureVideo Questions..

[Klownicle]

And while we're at the subject of HD discs, you might recall that owners of the Dell 30" screen are getting screwed over by Hollywood - even if you have a HDCP capable GFX card you won't get to see any picture unless you get rid of AACS. The new generation of NVIDIA GFX cards announced today features HDCP over a dual link DVI link - so if you upgraded to a new GFX card for HD DVD or Blu-ray, it takes just another upgrade to be "Hollywood compliant".

The article had mentioned that this applies to the 8600 and 8400.


Is this telling me that nvidia is screwing the 8800 users just like they did with the 6800gt users.

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[Doom9]

I've never heard of any 8800 card that supports HDCP over dual link DVI.
At this point I'm also not sure how HDMI and Displayport fit into the 30" picture.. I'm not even a 100% sure they support the 2560x1600 resolution.. but if they do, HDCP shouldn't be a problem over those links as those interfaces were designed from the start to please the MPAA.

[lucassp]

this is one of the major problems of nvidia's "faster time to market" strategy. none would have blamed them if they launched G80 in January/February but with VP2 and Dual Link DVI+HDCP on-chip.