Posted by the dog from that film you saw on 01/24/07 16:32

"Skipai Otter" <skipaiotter@fishbones.hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> Bit confused here on the actual specs to play 720p or 1080i/p stuff on the
> PC to a TV. What actual specs such as cpu and graphics card, minimal
> would be needed.
>
> Well, actually which AMD cpu minimal would be needed that can do this? I
> know my old and I mean old Socket A XP2400+ can just barely play 720p with
> it stopping every 3.5-5.0 seconds. However, which is the minimal specs
> that someone can get away with this on either a AMD64 or Intel route?
>
> Just pondering a comp upgrade, so putting this as one of the things on the
> list as what it can do. It be a single graphic card system. Sorry, SLi
> etc don't do it for me, rather keep the electric costs down you know.
>
> --
> Skipai
>


depends on the codec - mpeg 2 stuff isnt too demanding.
vc1 is a lot more so, and for x264 you need a pretty decent dual core
system.



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