OT: Deciding on a new graphics card

[Fyron]

I hope you've never used OS X, Win ME, 2k, or XP either, cause they all have DRM schemes built into them. Not quite to the level of HDCP, but they still "sabotage" your ability to play encrypted media files without permission, and prevent you from not having full control over audio/visual devices in the event you try to play stolen files without permission... Win98/OS9 for life!

I should point out that you still have exactly as much control over a 8xxx/9xxx card (or the ATI ones with HDCP support) as you do over older cards. The only thing you can't do is steal Blu-ray or HD-DVD content and play the files (without also stripping AACS etc., which is in the works). HD-DVD at least had managed copy as part of its spec for backups and media center purposes...