http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/26/amd-smells-a-comeback-with-ati-all-in-wonder-hd/ Engadget HD Comments for AMD smells a comeback with ATI All-in-Wonder HD http://www.engadgethd.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadgethd.com en-us Copyright 2009 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/26/amd-smells-a-comeback-with-ati-all-in-wonder-hd/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/26/amd-smells-a-comeback-with-ati-all-in-wonder-hd/Jun 26th 2008 8:03AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/26/amd-smells-a-comeback-with-ati-all-in-wonder-hd/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/26/amd-smells-a-comeback-with-ati-all-in-wonder-hd/
I won't risk buying this board and getting stuck with Vista forever.]]>Aug 19th 2008 2:53PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/26/amd-smells-a-comeback-with-ati-all-in-wonder-hd/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/26/amd-smells-a-comeback-with-ati-all-in-wonder-hd/Jun 26th 2008 8:19AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/26/amd-smells-a-comeback-with-ati-all-in-wonder-hd/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/26/amd-smells-a-comeback-with-ati-all-in-wonder-hd/
"Don't call it a comeback!"

Seriously though, I used to think ATI was the bee's knees of video cards. What's the deal with them? I was loyal. I waited and waited and waited for them to bring AIGLX to their Linux drivers. I waited for eons. Finally, after I couldn't stand the wait any longer and jumped ship to Nvidia, they come out with drivers that do AIGLX. And reportedly, an ok job of it even, though I've no reason to complain about my GeForce 8800 GTS...

I'm waiting for Nvidia to deliver the deathblow.. Unfortunately, this will come at a price of no real competition for Nvidia.]]>Jun 26th 2008 9:58AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/26/amd-smells-a-comeback-with-ati-all-in-wonder-hd/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/26/amd-smells-a-comeback-with-ati-all-in-wonder-hd/Jun 26th 2008 10:54AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/26/amd-smells-a-comeback-with-ati-all-in-wonder-hd/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/26/amd-smells-a-comeback-with-ati-all-in-wonder-hd/
How does that work?

It's not even Dolby Digital plus.

.....and some folks here think that those of us criticising DRM are over-doing it.

Jeez.]]>Jun 26th 2008 11:37AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/26/amd-smells-a-comeback-with-ati-all-in-wonder-hd/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/26/amd-smells-a-comeback-with-ati-all-in-wonder-hd/1. That this card is somehow forcing HDCP (it doesn't - the programs using it do).
2. That the lack of DD+ is somehow the fault of HDCP (which it's not).]]>Jun 26th 2008 12:49PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/26/amd-smells-a-comeback-with-ati-all-in-wonder-hd/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/26/amd-smells-a-comeback-with-ati-all-in-wonder-hd/
It seems to have escaped your attention that HDMI itself is a form of DRM/security.

Obviously no-one is forcing anyone to buy this card but nevertheless we are being pushed into using HDMI seeing as component connection on many high def displays are in the process of vanishing as standard fit.]]>Jun 26th 2008 1:34PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/26/amd-smells-a-comeback-with-ati-all-in-wonder-hd/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/26/amd-smells-a-comeback-with-ati-all-in-wonder-hd/
And given all the speculation that Apple would be including h.264 Encode acceleration in their hardware for some time, where is the Encode acceleration? There are other products in this space, like the USB-based ADS Tech product, why nothing like that in this product? I would LOVE to speed up video conversions on my next PC...]]>Jul 11th 2008 2:49AMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/26/amd-smells-a-comeback-with-ati-all-in-wonder-hd/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/26/amd-smells-a-comeback-with-ati-all-in-wonder-hd/Aug 10th 2008 5:05PMhttp://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/26/amd-smells-a-comeback-with-ati-all-in-wonder-hd/http://www.engadgethd.com/2008/06/26/amd-smells-a-comeback-with-ati-all-in-wonder-hd/
DVI supports HDCP as well. You might as well argue that losing the VGA connector is a form of DRM.

FYI, this card does have a component out bracket.]]>Aug 19th 2008 10:41AM