DVI Compliance Shootout

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What's clear from our testing is that ATI has developed a robust internal DVI transmitter. Even the failure we noted with the Tyan board was borderline – and occurred at 162MHz. nVidia-based boards are considerably more problematic. We're not sure why, but in our conversations with Silicon Image, they've indicated that circuit board design issues may be a factor. That, and the use of lower-cost filers and capacitors on some boards, may come into play. Some manufacturers may be making a calculated decision that no one would attach a $1,200 flat panel to a $60 graphics card. That may be a faulty assumption. Corporate IT departments may not want to invest big bucks in the graphics hardware, but users may want – and buy – high resolution displays. We're hoping the manufacturers of nVidia-based solutions get the message: DVI compliance will become more important as UXGA panels become more common. As we've seen from the nVidia reference boards, this is not an insurmountable problem.