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ryan patterson wrote:<br>><br>> Am I missing something? I've been running 1080p HP playback with a <br>> 1.8Ghz CPU for over a year. I don't have to use use XvMC and I get <br>> perfectly smooth playback. Also I can use XvMC on my nvidia GPU and I <br>> don't have a black and white OSD during playback either. <br>> _____________<br>> Ryan Patterson<br><br>I know my Athlon 64 3000+ (1.8) with Nvidia 6200 no XVMC can do 1080i <br>playback at about 70% CPU, which still allows it to record 1HD and 1SD <br>channel while playing back no problems. As for 1080p, I have tried an <br>h.264 version of Terminator 2 and was unable to get it to play, CPU was <br>pegged at 100%. This file did play on my Windows box with a 4200+ X2 <br>and Radeon x1900, but it was still hammering the CPU. The 720p version <br>played on my Mythbox without problems though.<br><br> I guess it could depend on what compression was used on the 1080p <br>video, but I doubt an x264 video will play on the 1.8ghz CPU without a <br>lot of help from the video card.<br><br><br>Lee<br><br><br /><hr />Connect and share in new ways with Windows Live. <a href='http://www.windowslive.com/share.html?ocid=TXT_TAGHM_Wave2_sharelife_012008' target='_new'>Get it now!</a></body>
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