DVI to HDMI with 8800GT

[husam]

I ordered Club 3D nVidia GeForce 8800GT 512Mb DDR3 Dual DVI/HDMI Out thinking the card comes with HDMI connection and turns out the are DVI connection with HDMI cable.

So does it make a different having HDMI connection or using DVI to HDMI cable?
because my understanding HDMI has audio element ... is that correct !!!

Thanks

[benbaked]

It'll work fine. My friend has a DVI-to-HDMI cable running from his 8800GTX to 22" widescreen and it looks great.

AFAIK the difference between HDMI and DVI is that one carries audio and one does not.

[bchur83]

You will need a seperate audio link to your TV. HDMI will carry audio if the video card supports it. The only cards that will do audio are a few ATI cards.

[husam]

I would gone with ATI but they are not wall supported in Linux this way I got 8800GT.

Anyway I can live with separate audio connection as long as the video picture is good.

Thanks guys.