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i downloaded some hd encoded videos from microsoft and used to play choppy
with the 1080 vids.
i got a new card recently, not a huge upgrade (geforce 3 128 to radeon
9600xt) and no more choppiness. i thought the decoding depended on the cpu.
am i mistaken?

psion

The decoding may depend on the CPU but the video
card takes care of the display, and so a better card
will improve overall graphics performance, particularly
for processor intensive tasks, such as multimedia.


On Tue, 17 Aug 2004 15:15:15 -0500, in
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psion scrawled:

>i downloaded some hd encoded videos from microsoft and used to play choppy
>with the 1080 vids.
>i got a new card recently, not a huge upgrade (geforce 3 128 to radeon
>9600xt) and no more choppiness. i thought the decoding depended on the cpu.
>am i mistaken?
>
>psion
>

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