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<blockquote data-quote="mm1352000" data-source="post: 762914" data-attributes="member: 82144">Hi TeslaThe requirements for the CPU/GPU are not hard and fast, except that the GPU hardware must support DX9 (can't be software emulation). Almost all GPUs produced in the last 3 (???) years would support that requirement. Low end integrated graphics solutions such as the 3200 and 4200 can work in many scenarios, although you may find that trying to get such solutions to handle hardware accelerated playback of 1080i with high definition (1080p+) displays will be too taxing. In such scenarios, you can reduce the load on the GPU by dropping the output resolution (for example, go from 1080p -&gt; 720p). Alternatively, you could get the CPU instead of the GPU to do the video decoding and use codecs such as FFDShow to do the deinterlacing. Of course, in that case you may need a more powerful CPU. To give you some idea, my first gen Core2 e6600 2.4 GHz can handle the video decoding and deinterlacing for 1080i streams without too much trouble, although it can take between 50 and 80% of the processing power. In other words, expecting an Atom + integrated graphics to handle 1080i + high definition output would possibly be a little too much, but with a few adjustments you would at least get a working system...mm</blockquote>

[QUOTE="mm1352000, post: 762914, member: 82144"] Hi Tesla The requirements for the CPU/GPU are not hard and fast, except that the GPU hardware must support DX9 (can't be software emulation). Almost all GPUs produced in the last 3 (???) years would support that requirement. Low end integrated graphics solutions such as the 3200 and 4200 can work in many scenarios, although you may find that trying to get such solutions to handle hardware accelerated playback of 1080i with high definition (1080p+) displays will be too taxing. In such scenarios, you can reduce the load on the GPU by dropping the output resolution (for example, go from 1080p -> 720p). Alternatively, you could get the CPU instead of the GPU to do the video decoding and use codecs such as FFDShow to do the deinterlacing. Of course, in that case you may need a more powerful CPU. To give you some idea, my first gen Core2 e6600 2.4 GHz can handle the video decoding and deinterlacing for 1080i streams without too much trouble, although it can take between 50 and 80% of the processing power. In other words, expecting an Atom + integrated graphics to handle 1080i + high definition output would possibly be a little too much, but with a few adjustments you would at least get a working system... mm [/QUOTE]

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