PureVideo + 8800 GTS 640MB =?

[Mir96TA]

I get it D/L the Pure Video Now I don't know it is working or not
or how I can see I am getting any benfit out of it ?

 

[AlucardX]

i believe you have to use a media player that supports it.

check nvidia's purevideo webpage, they will have additional information.

 

[Mir96TA]

I can't shit on the Nvidia
Perhaps I can see but my mind is blind to it :beer:

 

[Keysplayr]

What was the reason you installed pure video?

 

[Mir96TA]

A wild Hair up in my ARSE

 

[Keysplayr]

Originally posted by: Mir96TA
A wild Hair up in my ARSE

I'll PM you a number for a good proctologist then. Standby.

 

[BFG10K]

Just use WMP and it should use it automatically.

 

[Mir96TA]

Originally posted by: keysplayr2003

Originally posted by: Mir96TA
A wild Hair up in my ARSE

I'll PM you a number for a good proctologist then. Standby.

I needed it real badly
Cause So I have spended money
Brand Spanking TransAm then Ninja Zx6 Verious computer upgrade to Home Theater stuff

 

[Mir96TA]

Originally posted by: BFG10K
Just use WMP and it should use it automatically.

I did notice WinAmp hardly use CPU PWR when I play HD stuff 15%

 

[TheOtherRizzo]

You need to play a video file that uses a purevideo supported codec with a software player that supports purevideo. Example:

An MPEG-2 file played with WMP and the nvidia mpeg-2 decoder (that's the purevideo download) will use lower CPU than playing with a decoder that doesn't support purevideo, like dscaler or ffdshow.

The decoder won't help you play anything other than MPEG-2 though. For other formats you need other decoders. Best overall ATM is Power DVD, which supports purevideo for MPEG-2 and h264. Under settings/information it will tell you if purevideo is being used (it's called DXVA).

Examples for what won't use purevideo are xvid, divx and vlc player. Don't know about winamp.

 

[BFG10K]

I did notice WinAmp hardly use CPU PWR when I play HD stuff 15%

You should see a new icon in your system tray if it's working. You can click on it to bring up the settings.

 

[Emulex]

The G80 is basically the same as the 7900 as far as purevideo support.

you get the best quality and lowest cpu usage with the more powerful g84 (8600) GPU.

While the Radeon 2600xt is even more powerful, its drivers are terribly buggy lately.

you still should setup your codecs properly using haali,ffdshow, cineplayer, cyberlink codecs for mpc. If not setup properly you'll probably end up using software decompression since the merit levels will be wrong.

or just use the latest patched up version of powerdvd 7.3 ultra deluxe. It does a great job.

the g84 makes a better GPU for cinema, g80 better off for gaming.

radeon 2600xt should be pretty good if they ever figure out their drivers.

 

[Mir96TA]

So this is what I am getting it mearly a DvD player Codec ?
I use PWR DVD 5.0 Which does use DirectX VA which is Hardware acceleartor ?

This is what PWR DvD playes says

Hardware Information:
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 4400 @ running at 4857 MHz
3DNow! Technology: Not Detected
Enhanced 3DNow! Technology: Not Detected
3DNow! Professional Technology: Not Detected
IA MMX Technology: In Use
IA Streaming SIMD Extensions: In Use
IA SSE 2: In Use
Video Accelerator: DirectX VA (not in use)
Multispeaker Audio Device: Realtek HD Audio output (not in use)
SPDIF Output Device: Realtek HD Audio output (not in use)

 

[duragezic]

I thought the Purevideo on the 8 series hardware accelerated playback of more than just h264 and MPEG-2/DVD, but I could be wrong. edit: I see what Emulex said. That pisses me off how they remove the best HTPC parts from the high-end cards but leave it with the midrange ones, which for this generation means complete trash cept for HTPC. Cause the newest Avivo on the HD2600 series (and I suspect Purevideo on the 8600 series) sounds pretty kickass as it does much more now than just DVD/MPEG-2 hardware assist decoding.

I'd recommend using something like Media Player Classic. I've tried stuff like PowerDVD before and it makes me sick. In MPC, just go to the options, then External Filters, then add the Nvidia Purevideo codec and it will automatically be used when playing supported codec encoded media (a DVD for example). As said, you know when it is working when the icon in the system tray shows up during playback.

I never noticed much of a difference, and it seemed to screw the aspect ratio stuff up with DVDs that required adjustment in MPC that I never had to do before.

 

[Slugbait]

Originally posted by: duragezic
That pisses me off how they remove the best HTPC parts from the high-end cards but leave it with the midrange ones...

The manufacturers didn't "remove" it. More precisely, they didn't add it...for the last few years now.

And while all 8600GTS cards support HDCP, the same cannot be said for the 8600GT or any of the 8500 cards...you need to do your homework to verify you're getting HDCP if getting anything less than an 8600GTS.

 

[Mir96TA]

Originally posted by: Slugbait

Originally posted by: duragezic
That pisses me off how they remove the best HTPC parts from the high-end cards but leave it with the midrange ones...

The manufacturers didn't "remove" it. More precisely, they didn't add it...for the last few years now.

And while all 8600GTS cards support HDCP, the same cannot be said for the 8600GT or any of the 8500 cards...you need to do your homework to verify you're getting HDCP if getting anything less than an 8600GTS.

Well they removed it from new Video CHiP set or Did not added that Feature it come out to be same thing.

 

[Slugbait]

Originally posted by: Mir96TA
Well they removed it from new Video CHiP set or Did not added that Feature it come out to be same thing.

That is incorrect. It's not even logical. With this line of reasoning, you could pointlessly argue that they didn't add the feature to their FX series cards. Or the TNT cards.

 

[Laminator]

Originally posted by: duragezic
I'd recommend using something like Media Player Classic. I've tried stuff like PowerDVD before and it makes me sick. In MPC, just go to the options, then External Filters, then add the Nvidia Purevideo codec and it will automatically be used when playing supported codec encoded media (a DVD for example). As said, you know when it is working when the icon in the system tray shows up during playback.

With PowerDVD (at least 7.3 Ultra Deluxe or whatever), you just go into "Configuration" and check the box that asks if you want to use hardware acceleration. Simple. The PureVideo icon doesn't show up in the system tray but CPU usage goes down a lot when playing HD movies. A lot of the nVidia cards can decode HD video; it's only H.264 and/or VC-1 w/ IDCT that the 8600/8500 cards are unique at.

http://www.nvidia.com/docs/CP/...Product_Comparison.pdf

When playing VC-1 HD-DVD rips, using PureVideo brought my CPU usage down to less than 20% (7900GT/E6600).