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Nvidia GM206 supports fixed function VP9 hardware decoding

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Nvidia R361 and later drivers enables VP9 DXVA2 decoding. :thumbsup:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?p=1750570#post1750570

http://i.imgur.com/nT2vCe0.jpg

Also tested and confirmed by LAV Filters developer which also owns a GM206 card.

http://forum.doom9.org/showpost.php?p=1750627&postcount=1024

To augment some earlier numbers, GPU-Z actually shows Video Engine Load, and barely any GPU load (and very little CPU load as well), so it appears to be a proper HW decoder indeed!

Nvidia beats the competition again by over a year, GM206 based cards started shipping back in Jan 2015.
 
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Nice. Tegra X1 has support for fixed function VP9 decoding I believe so this isn't too much of a surprise. Good to see it enabled :)