NX7600GT Diamond Plus Questions

Hey Everyone,
My questions today are about the NX7600GT Diamond Plus video card. I am thinking about building a Home Theater PC and I was looking at the MSI 7600GT Diamond Plus card, because of the HDMI port. Does this port besides carrying video carry sound as well? if so what kind is it, 2 CH, Digital, etc.? If it doesn't any recommends on cards that will carry very good sound quality out? Also, are there any benefits to having two of these cards instead of one, other then having two 7600 GTs for playing games? Finally, if I play a DVD on my computer(which is encrypted) and run the HDMI cable from the card to a DVD player/recorder, will I be able to record the movie or will copyright bs problems occur? Sry for all the noob questions, but I am new to the HTPC arena.
Thanks

Hello
I currently own this card and might be able to answer your questions.
This card will send digital S/PDIF sound through the hdmi port if your motherboard or sound card has spdif cababilities. This can be done one of two ways. Option A: If you have an internal header off of your mobo/soundcard you can use the supplied internal spdif cable. Option B: If you don't have an internal header (I don't and use this method) you can use the supplied RCA pass-through cable conecting the RCA end to your spdif out and the other end to the VGA. Aside from being able to SLI them and increase the performance of some programs there is no advantage to having two as you will only be able to use the ports on one.
I'm not entirely sure about being able to copy a movie. I wasn't aware that there were any DVD recorders with HDMI inputs on the market. If you have a standard definition DVD (not Blue-ray or HD-DVD) you probably shouldn't run into any copyright problems. However I've found that many DVDs will refuse to play on my computer if a TV out port is activated, you may or may not run into this with the HDMI port. This isn't card specific, from talking with tech support this is apparently present on all nvidia 7-series cards.
Overall I was really impressed with how this card handled the digital sound, but was not impressed with the quality of the HDMI video signal. The signal was being overscanned, and looked horrible in comparison to the analogue signal from my card. This is really no surprise considering this is the first ever HDMI card. Theres always going to be bugs at first. If you're planning on building an HTPC I would suggest using the plain old RGB (15 pin analogue) if your HDTV has the input (most do). You won't run into any DRM restrictions using this method and the quality difference (versus DVI) is hardly, if at all, noticable on today's HDTVs and projectors.

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Quote from: nanohead on 15-February-06, 00:23:59
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Well!
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While watching HD-DVD movies with Cyberlink PowerDVD Ultra, I get a thin green line on the bottom of the picture. A friend of mine, with the same graphic card, has the same probleme. Is it a known issue ? Thanks.
Best regards,
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Quote from: guyome on 22-February-07, 07:32:43
This line exists in all HD-DVD movies played back with PowerDVD Ultra.
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get Driver Cleaner and remove currently VGA drivers, then install those:(Approved from Nvidia & Cyberlink Advisor as HD DVD ready)
https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=100982.0
re-test.
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you have resolved the problem?
this is my problem:https://forum-en.msi.com/index.php?topic=103159.0
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MOVED: new K8N diamond plus questions please help.

This topic has been moved to Overclockers & Modding Corner.
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