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benareeno
Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 1614 Location: ottawa, canada
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Link Posted: Thu Dec 11, 2008 10:45 pm Post subject: ati video card and hw acceleration |
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The model is x300 and it says it has hardware accel of mpeg 1/2/4, does this mean I can play any downloaded hd with hw accel? If so, could I not get away with a very cheap processor? If I bring a pc into the theater room, it will only be used for 1080i video...so hw accel should mean I need very little for a cpu, right?
Here are the specs of the card:
http://ati.amd.com/products/radeonx300/specs.html
Does ati work well with powerstrip should I need to run 1080i/72??
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Mark_A_W
Joined: 15 Mar 2006 Posts: 3068 Location: Sunny Melbourne Australia
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Link Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 1:06 am Post subject: |
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Yes.
Yes.
But get a HD series card.
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benareeno
Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 1614 Location: ottawa, canada
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Link Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 2:28 am Post subject: |
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why do I need an HD series?
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MikeEby
Joined: 24 Jun 2007 Posts: 5238 Location: Osceola, Indiana
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Link Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 2:45 am Post subject: |
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If you want to use it for Blu-ray or HD-DVD then you need a card that has HDCP support, I don't think the X300 does. For 1080i broadcast HD the card should be fine, what do you mean by "downloaded hd"?
Mike
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Mark_A_W
Joined: 15 Mar 2006 Posts: 3068 Location: Sunny Melbourne Australia
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Link Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 3:25 am Post subject: |
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Arr me hearties...
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benareeno
Joined: 22 Mar 2006 Posts: 1614 Location: ottawa, canada
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Link Posted: Fri Dec 12, 2008 4:04 am Post subject: |
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you are referring to blu-ray discs or downloaded rips? I don't have a blu-ray disc player in the PC....but I do have a ps3 which I hope to also use.
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Mark_A_W
Joined: 15 Mar 2006 Posts: 3068 Location: Sunny Melbourne Australia
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Link Posted: Mon Dec 22, 2008 5:10 am Post subject: |
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Oh, I forget.
No Gamma if you use hardware accel and an ATI card.
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