Hardware KFA2 Announces Cable-Free Graphics Card

because, my little OpAmp (your avatar) they would be really expensive.

there are long and expensive HDMI cables that claim to be fibre inside, but why buy them if you can go wireless for cheaper?

 

I much prefer my silent water cooling system.

 

Has anyone else done the maths of this?

1920 pixels wide * 1080 pixels high * 60 fps * 24 bit colour = 3Gbit/sec

3Gbit/40MHz = 75 bits/second/Hz

That's an insane spectral efficiency.

 

HDMI sockets don't have fibre channel transceivers in, so that sounds suspect. Unless there's something moulded into the plug ends?

 

So whats the input lag between the card and the screen like then? As I can only really see this benifiting a media PC/tv PC and not a gaming PC.

 

Oh man. I'd throw this in my pc and place it in the server room. It would be awesome to have a totally clean screen + kb/mouse combo hanging on the wall with a small table. Appeals to my nordic sense of design ..



Edit: Just a thought - how does this differentiate from having a wireless HDMI transmitter coupled to your graphics card HDMI output, and then the receiver plugged in your screen?

 

Didn't Galaxy announce this sometime last year? Must not be making much progress then if all they managed to do is re-announce it under a different brand.

 

I don't have time to read through all these but............. YOU tested it and it works how ????

 

I second that. Does anyone know how many screens can be supported? I assume at least two?

Shamrock.

 

Interesting concept, although I would prefer to have a device not integrated into the graphics card itself. Perhaps a device that plugs into the ports of the card. That way it would be easier to swap video cards or move the device to another pc if needed with little effort. That way you could also send the signal from a laptop to another display device.

This is definitely a start and could lead to some cool applications/enhancements in the future.

 

This would be the biggest problem i think. The card can transmit over miles for all we care. Unless my wireless remote/keyboard or whatever goes that far too, it's uses are a tad limited. Maybe as someone suggested, HTPC here to projector back there.

Unless some company out there makes a wifi keyboard? Keyboard with a ping.. That could get laggy...

 

It is called "Angel Hair cable (tm)" and its made for audiophile (idiots) with to much money to spend on non factual proven to be better wires.

 

I suspect there's too much granite in my house for this to work.

 

I thought there was to be a wireless variant of DisplayPort?

An your power cable isn't routed somewhere?

The difference is, you could plug the Transmitter into anything, while this thing is stuck to your card, so you have to buy a new one soon

 

Lag+compression+artifacts = FIAL =)

 

Witchcraft this is

 

FIAL= FAIL!

 

Now this, I like!

And don't forget that what's a premium feature today becomes standard in a year or so's time*

*assuming the technology works as advertised that is