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#1 2009-06-13 2:06 am
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Sapphire shows off Displayport
IN RECENT YEARS, the constant whingeing from AIBs over having to pay Sony a licence fee every time they include HDMI on graphics cards has often felt like a mild case of tinnitus; just enough to be annoying - yet not enough to make one want to take up trepanning.
Enter Displayport, with its HDMI-like image quality and ability to carry high-definition audio, and we may just have a contender for the future of graphic card connectivity.
One firm taking advantage of cheaper Displayport tech is Sapphire. But given the 'same-features-but-lower- price' claim to fame, Sapphire's approach to its latest high-end card is far from surprising.
Instead of trying to reduce the number of connectors and, therefore, the price - our friends at PC Partner have gone all out to use every inch of back-plate available to give users something to stick their plugs into.
This picture of Sapphire's latest 4890 Vapor-X performance card clearly shows Displayport alongside HDMI, VGA and DVI.
Sapphire also confirmed that its 4730 is indeed ready to ship, just waiting for the go-ahead from Cap'n KD before setting sail. µ
My bold.
http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/new … yport-tech
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#2 2009-06-15 1:13 am
Re: Sapphire shows off Displayport
Palit has been making Radeons with the same set of connectors for a while now, too. Unfortunately there's no DP - miniDP connector for those who wanted to use an Apple LED Cinema DIsplay.
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#3 2009-06-15 1:56 am
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Re: Sapphire shows off Displayport
It's really just to show what can be done if desired. With a bit of extra dev time, there is PCB & backplate space enough to provide that variety of connectors concurrently.
Apple could have that if they wanted, but they apparently don't- so, these being PC cards, they're of little practical use to Mac owners even were there such adapters.
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