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<blockquote data-quote="mdsflyer" data-source="post: 424406" data-attributes="member: 16262">Hi again, I believe that Vector adaptive is not available for 1080i H264 with a 780G unless an HT3 CPU is installed The only official options with HT2 are weave or bob. You can muck around with the registry or dvxa checker to get it to attempt VA but in my experience there was massive frame loss and the picture was unwatchable. I'm all about smoothness! Whilst a graphics card may further reduce your CPU load it seems rather academic in lowering it from 15% to 5%, in neither instance is the CPU taxed. My feeling is that if I've got a CPU installed, which we all do, then i might as well use it. However again this may only be pertinent to my own situation. The original title of this thread is Best picture quality in Vista with Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H. My take on that is how do we get the best quality soleley from the board, and that is with an HT3 processor for 1080i sources. Of course we could install a highly powered graphics card and get good results with that too, but then that really applies for any motherboard. One of the interesting things about the 780g is its powerful(ish) on board graphics and if they can compete with a dedicated graphics card. I think for movies/tv/dvd's/ blu ray with the correct CPU, RAM etc the answer is yes.Enjoying the discussion! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="mdsflyer, post: 424406, member: 16262"] Hi again, I believe that Vector adaptive is not available for 1080i H264 with a 780G unless an HT3 CPU is installed The only official options with HT2 are weave or bob. You can muck around with the registry or dvxa checker to get it to attempt VA but in my experience there was massive frame loss and the picture was unwatchable. I'm all about smoothness! Whilst a graphics card may further reduce your CPU load it seems rather academic in lowering it from 15% to 5%, in neither instance is the CPU taxed. My feeling is that if I've got a CPU installed, which we all do, then i might as well use it. However again this may only be pertinent to my own situation. The original title of this thread is [I]Best picture quality in Vista with Gigabyte GA-MA78GM-S2H[/I]. My take on that is how do we get the best quality soleley from the board, and that is with an HT3 processor for 1080i sources. Of course we could install a highly powered graphics card and get good results with that too, but then that really applies for any motherboard. One of the interesting things about the 780g is its powerful(ish) on board graphics and if they can compete with a dedicated graphics card. I think for movies/tv/dvd's/ blu ray with the correct CPU, RAM etc the answer is yes. Enjoying the discussion! :) [/QUOTE]

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