Not so Ultra: No Decode Acceleration on NV40 and NV45

[xtknight]

http://www.anandtech.com/video...c.aspx?i=2305&p=11
http://www.nvidia.com/page/purevideo_support.html

Could somebody please clarify on this?

Thanks,
xtknight

 

[nRollo]

Originally posted by: xtknight
http://www.anandtech.com/video...c.aspx?i=2305&p=11
http://www.nvidia.com/page/purevideo_support.html

Could somebody please clarify on this?

Thanks,
xtknight

There is no contradiction there- it does not say anything about decode on either page you linked to for the nV40 and nV45? There's nothing to clarify, nV40/45 don't support hardware decode for WMV format, only MPEG2.

 

[otispunkmeyer]

it seems that NV41 (pci 6800) and the 6600's (agp or pci) have greater functionality than the NV40/5 chips (agp and pci 6800gt/ultra) either way u still have to pay for the nv dvd decoder to get the most out of what little is there.

yes the nv40/45 haven even less functionality i dont think they can do de interlace or something, basically the lower cards are better than the top cards when it comes to the PVP, and basically the PVP on NV40/NV45 may as well not be there in my eyes it does next to nothing, pay $20 for the decoders and it'll still do next to nothing