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<blockquote data-quote="gxtracker" data-source="post: 70093" data-attributes="member: 14004">I agree with Efros. HD would be a long shot - you might be able to squeek out 720p content depending on the codec and compression, but I would test that theory before using it as fact.The system is actually very balanced component wise, but that doesnt necessarily mean its a good thing. it means that there really isnt one component that needs upgradng more than another. I think the biggest reason you're having trouble with SD playback is the 9250 as I dont believe its a DirectX9 card, and MP's playback function does utilize DX9 function calls.when I first started playing around with MediaPortal, I had a great setup running on an 800Mhz PIII system with 512MB of RDRAM and a Geforce FX5200. Of course, my TV card was an analog hardware encoding card. You can use a low power system, as long as the system can deligate work to other hardware and offload the CPU.Also, remember that when using MediaPortal that there is an OS also running in the background. I dont know if you have done this yet, but try turning off un-needed background services, or use a program like nlite to install a streamlined version of XP.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="gxtracker, post: 70093, member: 14004"] I agree with Efros. HD would be a long shot - you might be able to squeek out 720p content depending on the codec and compression, but I would test that theory before using it as fact. The system is actually very balanced component wise, but that doesnt necessarily mean its a good thing. it means that there really isnt one component that needs upgradng more than another. I think the biggest reason you're having trouble with SD playback is the 9250 as I dont believe its a DirectX9 card, and MP's playback function does utilize DX9 function calls. when I first started playing around with MediaPortal, I had a great setup running on an 800Mhz PIII system with 512MB of RDRAM and a Geforce FX5200. Of course, my TV card was an analog hardware encoding card. You can use a low power system, as long as the system can deligate work to other hardware and offload the CPU. Also, remember that when using MediaPortal that there is an OS also running in the background. I dont know if you have done this yet, but try turning off un-needed background services, or use a program like nlite to install a streamlined version of XP. [/QUOTE]

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