Uncrapped upon GeForce 6800 Series Video Processor Thread

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Please let the original thread die as it's turned into a ridiculous e-penis showdown between a select few forumgoers. Here's the OP from the original thread. Basically, for now the PVP is borked and people are pissed.

Originally posted by: bpt8056
A few months ago, DAPUNISHER started a thread on which CPU/video system can handle an intensive WMV HD trailer called "Step Into Liquid". At the time, I had just received my GeForce 6800 GT and there were no official drivers from nVidia and it was evident at the time that the video processor was not enabled. One of the reasons I bought the 6800 was the video processor and I'm sure some of you are in the same boat. Just a few days ago, I began wondering about the video processor and decided to browse for information on whether the video processor was finally enabled or not.

A couple reviews caught my eye when they discussed about the video processor on the 6800 series. The one at Xbitlabs showed that the video processor was working when using the 65.76 driver. I decided to test my card with the 65.76 driver and CPU utilization still hovered at 99%. So I decided to dig around and find answers to why it wasn't working. I found this article over at Hexus that showed the video processor on the 6800 was not functional with the 65.76 driver (even the 5900 was better). They said, "NVIDIA acknowledge that's the case with early NV40 (units that shouldn't have made it to retail) but insist it's working in retail samples and in NV45".

Now I need your help on whether your video processor is functioning or not. Follow these steps.

1) Download the "Step Into Liquid" trailer here. IMPORTANT: Download the 1080p version.

2) Open up in Windows Media Player (version 10 if possible) and monitor your CPU usage. You can also use the statistics in WMP to view the amount of dropped frames. Go to View > Statistics (Use Advanced).

3)While you play the video, monitor your CPU usage and report your findings. You can do it by doing this: Go to "Run" on the start bar, type "perfmon.msc" - hit the "New Counter Set" button (first one on top of the graph), right click on the graph and select "Add Counters" then press "Add" on the already highlighted option (Which sould be "Processor" - "% Processor Time") and it'll graph the CPU usage and calculate the average.

If the video processor on your GeForce 6800 GPU is working, your CPU usage should be around 20-30% and the GPU temperature should steadily climb up. Please test this with 65.76 driver or newer. Make sure HT is disabled if you have a P4 that supports it.

Unfortunately, mine doesn't work regardless of which driver I used and CPU usage was still at 99%. If you can test yours and post your results, that would be appreciated. Thanks.

UPDATE: There has been no evidence that the video processor in the GeForce 6 series is fully functional. It is unknown at this time whether it will be enabled with a driver update in the future. There is supposed to be a new official driver from nVidia within the next couple weeks and hopefully it will address this issue.

UPDATE #2Anand just published the status of the video processor in one of his articles. You can read it here.

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Thank you :beer:
Put something in the title about official, maybe that'll help it become the only used one (except for being used as a toilet of course)