Yet another, what do you think for gaming desktop? post

Gorman

Gorman

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arrmar said:
One last thing, I read about the 1GB ATI RADEON™ HD 5870 PCI EXPRESS - DirectX® 11 and other graphics cards needing you to have a HD monitor? Does this mean it won't work at all without the HD monitor or just wont have HD?
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The card will work fine with any monitor.

HD is a term which has no place in the world of PC's

Televisions are of the following resolutions:

* Standard-definition television (SDTV):
o 480i (NTSC uses an analog system of 486i split into two interlaced fields of 243 lines)
o 576i (PAL, 720×576 split into two interlaced fields of 288 lines)


* Enhanced-definition television (EDTV):
o 480p (720×480 progressive scan)
o 576p (720×576 progressive scan)


* High-definition television (HDTV):
o 720p (1280×720 progressive scan)
o 1080i (1920×1080 split into two interlaced fields of 540 lines)
o 1080p (1920×1080 progressive scan)
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So we can think of "HD" in PC terms as a monitor that supports a resolution greater than 1280×720, but really any monitor that can give a resolution of above 720×576 is going to be giving a higher definition picture than a normal TV set.

PC monitors have been "HD" for a very very long time. The only real use of the term when looking at monitors is to see if the screen can handle 1920 x 1080, the 5870 can output upto 2560x1600.
 
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