HD4200 IGP HD playback and transcoding performance

[whatsinaname]

Hi,

First post here.

I have the following config:
- AMD PhenomII x4 965 BE (quad core)
- asus MA785TDV-EVO mobo with Radeon HD4200 GPU onboard.
- 4GB ram

Now the specs from AMD site for HD4200 specify:
(http://www.amd.com/us/products/desk...es/ati-radeon-hd-4200-specificatications.aspx)
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ATI Avivo™ HD Video and Display Platform2
- Dedicated unified video decoder (UVD 2) for H.264/AVC and VC-1 video formats
High definition (HD) playback of both Blu-ray and HD DVD formats3
- MPEG-2, MPEG-4, DivX, WMV9, VC-1, and H.264/AVC encoding and transcoding
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Based on the above I expect my config to play HD videos smoothly and stream to my ps3 via PS3 media server (over 100MBps ethernet) for smooth playback. I have done necessary config in PS3MS as per the forum guides)

I tried playing a BR m2ts file (1080p) on my pc and it wont play smoothly on VLC or WMP. I had to play it through Media Player Classic Home Cinema to get it to play smoothly.
Shouldnt this play smoothly with any software?

Also when streaming to PS3, the transcoding does not utilize the GPU. The CPU peaks out at 100% utilization. Should this GPU be able to transcode HD videos or not? Also tried streaming to PS3 with Plex, that too is choppy playback on ps3 with 100% cpu utilization on my pc.

From the specs it is not very clear. Condition 2 states that:
ATI Avivo™ HD is a technology platform that includes a broad set of capabilities offered by certain ATI Radeon™ HD GPUs. Not all products have all features and full enablement of some ATI Avivo™ HD capabilities may require complementary products.

So my questions are:
- Has anyone used this onboard card to successfully play full HD videos and also stream full HD videos to PS3?
- Does this card have these capabilities or not? If not, what should I change in my system to get these capabilities?

thanks in advance
avg

 

[SPBHM]

transcoding could use the GPU, but I think most video conversion softwares are going to use only the CPU...

as for VLC, in preferences, Input & codecs, is "use GPU acceleration decoding" selected?

a PII X4 should be able to handle 1080p without GPU acceleration

 

[Magic Carpet]

4200 is a seriously outdated design. I've had it, very few app can make use of it. If you need a GPU-assisted decoding, transcoding. I recommend you getting a discrete graphics card. Geforce 640+/Radeon 7750+ class.