ATI's equivalent of nVidia Purevideo

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darius

Hi

Does ATI have something like nVidia's purevideo (acceleration of mpeg2
for smooth playback of 1080i or 720p HD mpeg2)? If so, what starting
line of card supports that? Would a X300 do it? Do you need to buy a
special decoder like nvidia? thanks.
 
Almost all cards have some form of MPEG2 assist. In any case, the codec
poses no problem for modern CPUs. Far more computationally-intensive are the
MPEG4 and WMV HD videos. All Radeons 9500 and newer (including all the X----
series) support DXVA. 1080p WMV HD videos run with 30% CPU utilization and
no dropped frames.
 
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