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<blockquote data-quote="kszabo" data-source="post: 313204" data-attributes="member: 61646">my setupI am optimizing my picture quality for 1 year now, but I am satisfied now&nbsp; (HTPC beats my normal sat receiver with ease):- Motherboard 780g/HD3200, with the smallest Phenom X3 8450 (X2 was a problem for 1080i)- Vista 32bit- mpg2 and h.264 codec Cyberlink PDVD 7.3 (latest patch), with DXVA activated- Catalyst 8.9 (everything set to default, but you can play with denoise, deinterlacing etc)- added Catalyst registry tweak for constant colour space for SD and HD (without black level/contrast problem with SD)- EVR as renderer- Vistas Aero activatedgreetingsps: Phenom X3 8450 costs ca. 90 €, I downvolted it (1,1 V instead 1,25), downclocked to 1,8 GHz. Temp under 40 °C passively cooled <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /> I am sure I have TPD &lt;60 Watts. And the CPU practically never runs 100%, with 1080i 0-10% (guess &lt;20 Watt). I guess the only argument for Phenom is 1080i, everything else works fine with X2 or Sempron.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kszabo, post: 313204, member: 61646"] [b]my setup[/b] I am optimizing my picture quality for 1 year now, but I am satisfied now (HTPC beats my normal sat receiver with ease): - Motherboard 780g/HD3200, with the smallest Phenom X3 8450 (X2 was a problem for 1080i) - Vista 32bit - mpg2 and h.264 codec Cyberlink PDVD 7.3 (latest patch), with DXVA activated - Catalyst 8.9 (everything set to default, but you can play with denoise, deinterlacing etc) - added Catalyst registry tweak for constant colour space for SD and HD (without black level/contrast problem with SD) - EVR as renderer - Vistas Aero activated greetings ps: Phenom X3 8450 costs ca. 90 €, I downvolted it (1,1 V instead 1,25), downclocked to 1,8 GHz. Temp under 40 °C passively cooled :-) I am sure I have TPD <60 Watts. And the CPU practically never runs 100%, with 1080i 0-10% (guess <20 Watt). I guess the only argument for Phenom is 1080i, everything else works fine with X2 or Sempron. [/QUOTE]

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