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Thread ID: 103957 2009-10-12 02:20:00 Offload HD h.264 video decoding to GPU in Win7 - 7300GT Chilling_Silence (9) Press F1
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819670 2009-12-24 10:08:00 I think this card, I brought today (ATI 4550) to replace the 256mb card I have, does something like that. It supports Unified video decoding or something. Hardware based decoding or something

Something (I think) that only works in Windows 7 - AMD drop and drag transcoding. (The ATI drivers install it, if your card supports it). Its meant to (I think) transcode whatever file into whatever format a media player supports, when you copy files to it.
Speedy Gonzales (78)
819671 2009-12-24 20:34:00 Yeah some graphics cards with the right software offload the encoding to the GPU which is supposedly faster. In my experiences it was pretty darn good, and it meant I was able to carry on doing other things at the same time like encoding a DVD while surfing, chatting, and the system was still responsive as normal :) Chilling_Silence (9)
819672 2009-12-24 21:07:00 I have noticed with media center in win7 that CPU usage is considerably lower (after I installed this card), it usually hovered around 50-60% CPU usage. Right now its hovering between 2-4% CPU usage. Altho, it probably didnt help when the card I removed didnt have a fan. And used to go to 55 degrees. Whereas, this one has a fan and it hovers around 37-40 degrees. A LOT cooler Speedy Gonzales (78)
819673 2010-01-20 02:21:00 Have just noticed that XBMC is planning a release that does DXVA for h.264

About bloody time!! :banana
nofam (9009)
819674 2010-01-20 03:16:00 Cool!! Chilling_Silence (9)
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