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<blockquote data-quote="Tullux" data-source="post: 288740" data-attributes="member: 80794">If the hardware acceleration is enabled, it will greatly reduce the decoding load on the processor. At least for the video stream.OP should probably check if that hardware acceleration is enabled at all.Blu-Ray disks however still have that annoying decryption that requires the processor. I wanted to build my HTPC on a cheap (price as well as power consumption wise) Athlon or Sempron LE (with 45W TPD), but on the Mainboard Manufacturer's Homepage they specifically recommended a Athlon x2 4400+ or better* for Blu-Ray or HD-DVD playback, so I got one of those (price isn't that much higher, but I guess the 45W single core are as energy efficient as it will get).* and I can't really see why they recommend a dual core, seeing on my main system (intel c2d) how weak the multi core support with current applications is. I would have guessed a faster clocked single core would perform better - but I don't want to upgrade the processor in 6 month, because I find out myself that it's too slow, so I followed the recommendation.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Tullux, post: 288740, member: 80794"] If the hardware acceleration is enabled, it will greatly reduce the decoding load on the processor. At least for the video stream. OP should probably check if that hardware acceleration is enabled at all. Blu-Ray disks however still have that annoying decryption that requires the processor. I wanted to build my HTPC on a cheap (price as well as power consumption wise) Athlon or Sempron LE (with 45W TPD), but on the Mainboard Manufacturer's Homepage they specifically recommended a Athlon x2 4400+ or better* for Blu-Ray or HD-DVD playback, so I got one of those (price isn't that much higher, but I guess the 45W single core are as energy efficient as it will get). * and I can't really see why they recommend a dual core, seeing on my main system (intel c2d) how weak the multi core support with current applications is. I would have guessed a faster clocked single core would perform better - but I don't want to upgrade the processor in 6 month, because I find out myself that it's too slow, so I followed the recommendation. [/QUOTE]

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