read the X58 chipset specs. no integrated video. it targets enthusiasts who are using discrete graphics. using an i7 for integrated video is so much overkill (and needless amounts of heat and/or power consumption at idle) it's not even funny. you could offload 1080p AVC decoding onto a (high low end or low midrange) HD3000+ or Geforce 8000+ and run an Athlon 64 3000/Pentium 1000/2000 series.
Unless a mobo has HDMI and offers non-downsampled audio during 24p video playback and play Blu audio with no downsampling and have TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio bitstream, then FAIL. And by the way, where the hell is Auzentech with their magical HDMI solution that was supposed to materialize in October 2008?
“An engineer explained to us that hundreds of ear impressions were gathered in the name of research, and while each one obviously boasted its own unique shape and size, one single characteristic remained uniform across the board: the entrance into the ear canal is not a perfect circle, it's an oval.”
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I just read the specs, no HDMI. FAIL.
Agreed. FAIL.
read the X58 chipset specs. no integrated video. it targets enthusiasts who are using discrete graphics. using an i7 for integrated video is so much overkill (and needless amounts of heat and/or power consumption at idle) it's not even funny. you could offload 1080p AVC decoding onto a (high low end or low midrange) HD3000+ or Geforce 8000+ and run an Athlon 64 3000/Pentium 1000/2000 series.
Agreed. Before I clicked on comments, I got a little excited until I found a hi-res image here sans HDMI:
http://media.photobucket.com/image/X58%20Pro-E%20Mainboard/tititeahenry/MSI-News/MSI-X58M-3D.jpg
Unless a mobo has HDMI and offers non-downsampled audio during 24p video playback and play Blu audio with no downsampling and have TrueHD, DTS-HD Master Audio bitstream, then FAIL. And by the way, where the hell is Auzentech with their magical HDMI solution that was supposed to materialize in October 2008?