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<blockquote data-quote="Frantid" data-source="post: 346018" data-attributes="member: 83343"><p>I have almost the same specs as kszabo, I was really happy with my phenom x3 and my gigabyte ma78gpm in all my testing with my widescreen monitor.&nbsp; Cool and quiet 2, with the phenom is really nice.&nbsp; Each core can have it's own speed and voltage regulated.&nbsp; My cpu never got over 40C in all playback, hd-dvd &amp; blueray hardware acceleration worked with less than 15% cpu.&nbsp; However once I started integrating HD dvd &amp; blueray playback into MP, I lost hardware acceleration in the integrated 3200 if MP was running in the background - pdvd 7, pdvd 8, or TMT doing the playback.&nbsp; This would be fine, but where my wife wants the htpc placed when hooked into the hd plazma does not have enough air flow to cool the case if the cpu is doing 40-50% utilization.&nbsp; So I went with an addon card, I wanted a 4550 passive, but couldn't get one.&nbsp; Tried out a 4670 and am very happy with it.&nbsp; I can have MP playing a video, pdvd 7 playing a blueray dvd with HA working in both playbacks.&nbsp; It does have a fan, but is actually quieter than running the phenom at 40-50% when HA doesn't work.</p></blockquote><p></p>

[QUOTE="Frantid, post: 346018, member: 83343"] I have almost the same specs as kszabo, I was really happy with my phenom x3 and my gigabyte ma78gpm in all my testing with my widescreen monitor. Cool and quiet 2, with the phenom is really nice. Each core can have it's own speed and voltage regulated. My cpu never got over 40C in all playback, hd-dvd & blueray hardware acceleration worked with less than 15% cpu. However once I started integrating HD dvd & blueray playback into MP, I lost hardware acceleration in the integrated 3200 if MP was running in the background - pdvd 7, pdvd 8, or TMT doing the playback. This would be fine, but where my wife wants the htpc placed when hooked into the hd plazma does not have enough air flow to cool the case if the cpu is doing 40-50% utilization. So I went with an addon card, I wanted a 4550 passive, but couldn't get one. Tried out a 4670 and am very happy with it. I can have MP playing a video, pdvd 7 playing a blueray dvd with HA working in both playbacks. It does have a fan, but is actually quieter than running the phenom at 40-50% when HA doesn't work. [/QUOTE]

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