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Originally Posted by arkay
Also, if the majority of video you watch is coming from ffdshow (i.e. non mpeg/live TV or DVD), then the CPU is responsible for ALL your video processing, except scaling the image for final display. So there is no gain to be made from more expensive video cards for ffdshow playback.
I think the CPU is more important than the GPU for the reason that the CPU is the component capable of processing video data for all streams where the GPU is responsible only in very specific and tailored instances.
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Excellent reply - AS ALWAYS Arkay.
This definitely fits me to a tee - my uTorrent & dedicated downlaod box are running 24/7....so short of standard FTA material thats my most watched content.
Does anyone know IF the cache of the CPU is of much benefit for HTPC tasks - specifically video related?
I can't imagine from what I've read it would - I mean with converting it from MPEG-2 to H264 etc - sure but I don't think for normal use its going to really do that much.