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<blockquote data-quote="Oculus" data-source="post: 69145" data-attributes="member: 22236"><p>For HD it isn't a question of better quality but instead offloading as much of the decoding as possible from the CPU.</p><p></p><p>There's an article over on Anandtech regarding PureVideo and HD playback (can't link since the site is down atm) that touches the subject of graphics card bandwidth required for smooth HD playback.</p><p></p><p>As the bitrates for HD content rise, playback acceleration will be essential. For now, if HD isn't a concern, upgrading isn't a pressing issue.</p><p></p><p>Future cards will undoubtly feature more hardware based HD acceleration features, so you're better off waiting to upgrade until you really need HD playback capabilities.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Oculus, post: 69145, member: 22236"] For HD it isn't a question of better quality but instead offloading as much of the decoding as possible from the CPU. There's an article over on Anandtech regarding PureVideo and HD playback (can't link since the site is down atm) that touches the subject of graphics card bandwidth required for smooth HD playback. As the bitrates for HD content rise, playback acceleration will be essential. For now, if HD isn't a concern, upgrading isn't a pressing issue. Future cards will undoubtly feature more hardware based HD acceleration features, so you're better off waiting to upgrade until you really need HD playback capabilities. [/QUOTE]
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