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Wow, Catalyst v5.6 accelerates HD WMV on my 9800 Pro!

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StormRider

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Wow, it really does work. I downloaded the new Catalyst v5.6, installed the updated DRM and Windows Media Player 10 Hotfix (the links are all on ATI's website at the Catalyst v5.6 download page) and now I can play HD WMV files without stuttering!

On my Athlon XP 2700+ with 1.5 GB memory, I used to get around 99% to 100% cpu utililization when playing the Batman Begins trailer

Now I am getting around 60% to 80% cpu utilization. Pretty impressive.
 
Has everyone else experienced similar results? I'm pleasantly pleased with this new feature because it's been so long in coming that I was beginning to doubt if it really worked.
 
My HD playback is worse with the 5.6's.. Haven't tried till I just looked at this thread..

The BBC 1080p H264 just ran at only 5fps..

I was able to push 15-20 before..

Might switch back to 5.5 and check..
 
Nice, I just tried this and I am pretty sure its worked. Played through some vids and they did seem a bit smoother (though i dont have any numbers before and after). Worth the download!
 
works perfectly, 1080p WMV-HD smooth as butter where it was choppy as hell before (CoralReef), dropped CPU usage by about 30% 😀
 
So that function was there all the time? Just MS being slow with support for it i guess...


any way it's awesome 😀 :beer:
 
Unfortunately for me, I can't install the DRM update and the DVXA update for WMP10, because I'm running Windows XP x64 Edition. They just won't install. ;\
 
Originally posted by: Megatomic
Are the videos ya'll are playing more strenuous than the Step Into Liquid 1080p trailer?
Click to expand...

CoralReef 1080p, which is the most intensive 1080p trailer i've found so far...and i usually sit in the mid sixties CPU usage wise now 😀

with 720p i'm usually below 30%, thankyou Microsoft for finally bringing this out 🙂

 
So much for the argument by a few umm fans that I have read from stating that it did not matter that Nvidia lied about this feature since Ati did not have it either 😛.

Apparently Ati does have this feature, even as far back as thier 9x serries.

Good job Ati 🙂
 
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