<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; ">What CPU did you get? I have a core2duo 1.87ghz... <div>Too slow?</div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><br class="webkit-block-placeholder"></div><div><div><div>On 7-Feb-08, at 6:25 PM, Tom Greer wrote:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite">On Feb 7, 2008 9:21 AM, aaron <<a href="mailto:memoryguy@gmail.com">memoryguy@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><div class="gmail_quote"><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;"> <div class="Ih2E3d">On 2/7/08, Michael T. Dean <<a href="mailto:mtdean@thirdcontact.com">mtdean@thirdcontact.com</a>> wrote:<br>><br>> My GeForce 4 MX 440 drives full 1080p.<br>><br><br></div>This might be asking the obvious, but it's all the "other stuff" ---<br> such as main CPU power --- that determines how well 1080p content (or<br>HD in general) will play, right?<br><br>Am I correct in my understanding that the 440MX will support XvMC? I'm<br>pretty sure I'll need that to have a hope in heck of playing any HD on<br> my system --- once I finally get my a TV. I've got an AthlonXP 2800+.<br>:)<br><br></blockquote></div><br>I nearly drove myself batty trying to get an XP 2800+ to drive 1080i without XvMC. I spent weeks optimizing every possible parameter. The result? Sometimes it would work great. But for any challenging output, it would stutter. <br> <br>I finally bit the bullet and upgraded the mobo and CPU. I think I got both in a combo deal at Frys for less than $100.<br><br>Best $100, I ever spent. Now it decodes HD great. And consumes less power, generates less heat and operates much quieter.<br> <br>Tom<br> _______________________________________________<br>mythtv-users mailing list<br><a href="mailto:mythtv-users@mythtv.org">mythtv-users@mythtv.org</a><br>http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users<br></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>