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<blockquote data-quote="bvisser" data-source="post: 133448" data-attributes="member: 47565">Ok. Yeah I have two video cards I could use for the setup. Currently I'm using a Radeon 9600 Pro 128 mb, i also have a Radeon 9800 Pro All In Wonder 128 mb. I'm not even going to bother trying the integrated video. Another possible bottleneck might be the AGP4X slot on the motherboard. The CPU itself would be a 3.06 ghz with a 533 mhz fsb, 1 gig of memory.Basically I want to buy this new cpu and hopefully future-proof the pc for home theater use. I'll be mainly using the h264 codec as I download almost all my tv shows.It's going to be a dedicated machine with nothing but XP sp2 and media portal running on it. Do you think these components would have the hoarse power to playback HD media ?I'm wondering what results people with similar systems are getting. It weirds me out that XBMC can *almost* do 720p with it's 733 mhz celeron and 64 mb ram (pretty hardcore frame dropping) but apparently the dreamx (which is just 1.4 ghz) can do 720p. Yet my p4 can't handle it. *shakes fist*</blockquote>

[QUOTE="bvisser, post: 133448, member: 47565"] Ok. Yeah I have two video cards I could use for the setup. Currently I'm using a Radeon 9600 Pro 128 mb, i also have a Radeon 9800 Pro All In Wonder 128 mb. I'm not even going to bother trying the integrated video. Another possible bottleneck might be the AGP4X slot on the motherboard. The CPU itself would be a 3.06 ghz with a 533 mhz fsb, 1 gig of memory. Basically I want to buy this new cpu and hopefully future-proof the pc for home theater use. I'll be mainly using the h264 codec as I download almost all my tv shows. It's going to be a dedicated machine with nothing but XP sp2 and media portal running on it. Do you think these components would have the hoarse power to playback HD media ? I'm wondering what results people with similar systems are getting. It weirds me out that XBMC can *almost* do 720p with it's 733 mhz celeron and 64 mb ram (pretty hardcore frame dropping) but apparently the dreamx (which is just 1.4 ghz) can do 720p. Yet my p4 can't handle it. *shakes fist* [/QUOTE]

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