Decoding of VC-1 HD titles on ECS N9600GT-512MX-P graphics card with Accelero S2 passive cooler
Bluetooth 21 Feb 2008

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Playback of HQV HDDVD edition

I tested the graphics card, to check on the cpu utilisation when playback back HD DVD titles. The first title is the HQV benchmark disc. Purevideo HD is turned on.

Using PowerDVD Ultra 7.3 Ultra we playback the disc and capture the real time CPU utilisation (a few loops of the title 2/23. An average CPU reading of ~7% is registered. Looks like the Purevideo HD off loads quite a substantial amt. of processing from the CPU.

Playback of HDDVD title - Bourne Supremacy

Next, we go ahead and test out the HD DVD title and it registers a ~7.9% CPU utilisation.

Apparently, the VC-1 playback using the NVIDIA cards has improved tremendously. Wth lower CPU utilization and better image quality during playback, the 9600GT seems to be a good option for HTPCs.

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