Re: NVIDIA PureVideo Performance, CPU usage goes UP

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I'm pretty sure I have the accelation enabled. I'll double check and I'll try
the beta drivers.

"JW" wrote:

> Try the 77.76 Beta drivers, they contain MCE fixes above the 72.14 drivers.
> I assume that you have hardware acceleration enabled in the NVIDIA
> Decoder(0.150version).
> The heavist CPU load would occur with a 1080i HDTV program(CBS or NBC) and
> should be a lot less with a 720p HDTV program (ABC or Fox).
>
> "Mike" <extreme@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:4304af1d@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > CalypsoCowboy wrote:
> >> I read where the PureVideo was supposed to reduce the performance on your
> >> CPU. I did some quick tests of watching live tv, recorded tv, live HD,
> >> and recorded HD. Then I installed the latest drivers from NVIDIA 72.14 I
> >> believe and the latest NVIDIA PureVideo decoder. I really can't say much
> >> about the picture as I didn't look at it closely before the upgrade, and
> >> afterwards the picture looks fine. But what I do notice is my CPU usage
> >> has now gone up slightly for the 4 operations I was testing. I thought it
> >> would go down as the decoder would off load some of the performance to
> >> the GPU. I'm already pushing 70% CPU for watching HDTV and that is kinda
> >> high for my preference and I'm not completely ready for a new CPU just
> >> yet. Has anyone else experienced this?
> >>
> >> P4 2.4B, non-HT, 6600GT dr 72.14 , Avermedia A180
> >
> > Interesting mine sits at around 21% for watching HDTV, system is an
> > athlon64 3200+, 6600GT (using 72.14), purevideo, Avermedia A16A
> >
> > Mike J
>
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>
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