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<blockquote data-quote="frankwaan" data-source="post: 383893" data-attributes="member: 81420">Hi Ian,I went for option 1 a few months ago: another graphics solution. I bought a 9400GT card (from MSI) which is passive cooled and even has a HDMI output port. It plays every piece of content perfectly. I use the Powerdvd8 codec for SD (which has Purevideo suppot for vector adaptive deinterlacing) and Coreavc for HD (1.9.0, because in my opinion the quality succeeds the quality from PDVD8) which works great, despite it's software based, so even my 4850e can cope it.Just for your info: I went for a new gfx board, because it had in my opinion more pros than another CPU (phenom). These were:- price (phenom 8230 was about ~90 eur., whilst a 9400GT costs around 50-60 eur.)- my overall experience with ATI drivers and its bugs (flickering GUI for instance)- the arrogance to promote a &quot;beautiful&quot; product which then needs a Phenom for optimal playback, were I think optimal should be standard always (so we need triple cores to watch SD content nicely? hmmm.....)- the 9400gt does 1080i with powerdvd8 codec without any hassle, with absolutely NO cpu load (so it's completely done on its own chip, via DXVA)I like the 4850e though, its performance on SQL server (read: TV service) is super, and it's low powered.Hope this helps!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="frankwaan, post: 383893, member: 81420"] Hi Ian, I went for option 1 a few months ago: another graphics solution. I bought a 9400GT card (from MSI) which is passive cooled and even has a HDMI output port. It plays every piece of content perfectly. I use the Powerdvd8 codec for SD (which has Purevideo suppot for vector adaptive deinterlacing) and Coreavc for HD (1.9.0, because in my opinion the quality succeeds the quality from PDVD8) which works great, despite it's software based, so even my 4850e can cope it. Just for your info: I went for a new gfx board, because it had in my opinion more pros than another CPU (phenom). These were: - price (phenom 8230 was about ~90 eur., whilst a 9400GT costs around 50-60 eur.) - my overall experience with ATI drivers and its bugs (flickering GUI for instance) - the arrogance to promote a "beautiful" product which then needs a Phenom for optimal playback, were I think optimal should be standard always (so we need triple cores to watch SD content nicely? hmmm.....) - the 9400gt does 1080i with powerdvd8 codec without any hassle, with absolutely NO cpu load (so it's completely done on its own chip, via DXVA) I like the 4850e though, its performance on SQL server (read: TV service) is super, and it's low powered. Hope this helps! [/QUOTE]

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