Is it important hdmi in video card?

I want to buy a video card for my pc to connect it to the lcd tv with the hdmi but the one I found, it only has dvi outputs. Would i really see a difference between dvi and hdmi.



Also, which one is a better card for playing games



XFX HD-487A-ZWFC Radeon HD 4870 1GB 256-bit GDDR5 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready CrossFire Supported Video Card



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BFG Tech BFGE981024GTGE GeForce 9800 GT 1GB 256-bit GDDR3 PCI Express 2.0 x16 HDCP Ready SLI Supported Video Card|||on 10 th september amd is launching the ati 5XXX series cards

these cards are direct 11X ready

and are based on 40 nm process

making them 1.6 times faster than previous

an ati 5850 will be as fast as ati 4870 and will support direct 11x too

+ also run cooler price expected 250-299$

wait until october till all the manufacturers bring the cards in the market

it will take around 45 days

if you can't wait go for ati 4870(supports direct 10.1x)

its far better than geforce 9800GT(supports direct 10x)



DVI is the abbreviation of Digital Visual Interface, while HDMI stands for High Definition Multimedia Interface. DVI and HDMI are more similar than different. There are a very few differences between them. DVI is an interface, which is used for providing high quality image. In DVI, the pixels are transmitted as binary data, and the brightness is set accordingly. Since the quality provided by HDMI is good, many people opt HDMI over S Video, SCART, D Terminal and many more. The signals for HDMI and DVI are compatible with each other, hence no signal conversion is required when using a DVI adapter for HDMI, and vice versa; also there is no loss of data when a DVI adapter is used for HDMI or vice versa. HDMI is said to be a successor of DVI, hence HDMI is better than DVI in many aspects, like the transfer rate of HDMI is more than DVI. Both DVI and HDMI transfer signals, use separate red, green and blue components and the components are transferred through different data channels. HDMI is derived from the protocol used by DVI, hence the working and encoding scheme for both the technologies are same.

source: buzzle.com|||DVI and HDMI will display the EXACT same video format (Full 1080p HD). The main difference is that HDMI can also transmit HD audio through the same cable, If you are using the LCD for video ONLY then DVI and HDMI would be identical at the moment.



Also, Buy the Radeon card. The 48xx series GPU is much better for gaming then the 98xx Series nVidia.



It really hurts my ego to admit that ATI won this round against nVidia, but it's the truth =(|||most newer cards comes with an adaptor from DVI to HDMI