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Message: <blockquote data-quote="globaldonkey" data-source="post: 700906" data-attributes="member: 49844">I'd start by trying to use a DXVA codec (Win 7 I'm pretty sure has it built in already - don't know for sure as I'm still on XP here) on the 785G first and see how it goes. I personally don't have any experience with the 785G, and can't find any detailed info on HTPC performance specific to 1080i playback, however, over on the AVS forum, all the builds that renethx recommends using the 880G (which has the same HD4200 GPU) include a dedicated GPU and don't make use of the iGPU. I'm interested in your results here, because I'm probably going to buy an 880G based board myself shortly, and am curious to see if it can handle everything..... but suspect not because of the stuff on the AVS forum.  <a href="http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthread.php?p=18816470#post18816470" target="_blank">Guide to Building a HD HTPC - Page 472 - AVS Forum</a>Again, stress it with 1080i H.264 (the sort of material that comes off HD Handycams or some HDTV channels). It will do 1080p for sure. Make sure you check CPU vs GPU utilisation during playback to confirm DXVA is actually working and the CPU is not doing all the work. CPU should be pretty close to 0% during playback if DXVA is working. The other thing to mention is that de-interlacing in hardware is generally much better, as it is the only way to do complicated (ie vector adaptive) de-interlacing. CoreAVC and software de-interlacing is generally much simpler and not motion based. In simple terms, DXVA (or CUDA on Nvidia) will generally produce much better picture quality, and that's the other reason you want to get it working, and not resort to software decoding / de-interlacing. So if the iGPU doesn't work, I'd personally skip the CoreAVC option and bite the bullet and get the dedicated GPU. I just included that option in case you'd already spent enough money <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" />PS thanks pilehave for the update on the 3200. My info on that was at least 12 months old.PPS the other important thing you won't get with the 785G is bitstreaming HD audio over HDMI. So you won't get any audio from blu ray sources over HDMI and will need to use SPDIF.</blockquote>

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