2012-02-16, 19:15
DDDamian Wrote:Remember that just a few years ago this simply wasn't possible on home hardware, and it was a very small subset of PC users who embraced the PC as a high-quality playback device.
Despite your previous issues with AMD (I used to be an nVidia guy) we're just reporting what does work, and right now it seems the Intel hardware has the most trouble with these codecs. That's a recurring theme in this thread and many others related to I3 especially.
I'm tempted to say the AMD/nVidia's do a better job of smoothing frames as well - I can't see noticeable flicker or stutter if I do drop a video frame. I've had no issues with "overscan" - it fills my screen correctly without touching a thing using built-in scalers. I just set the desired modes (1080/60 & 1080/24) and it adjusts automatically.
Hardware-wise there's benefit to users who want this functionality and are looking to upgrade or build an HTPC, so at least this is helpful discussion.
Well, you've piqued my interest, so perhaps I will get an AMD/ATI card to play with, just so I can do a direct comparison with current hardware.