Sorry if this is a stupid question but how can you tell if your video card supports hardware decoding of Bluray? I have a HTPC machine with a 7950GT and the processor is almost pegged the whole time. I'm guessing my video card doesn't do it.
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Card has been well taken care of. Been in my stacker 830 with all 4 fans blowing on it the whole time. No problems at all. Never OC'd. I love this card but I need it to move so I can pickup some other stuff. Will post pics if I must but...
I'm using an asus a8n32-sli deluxe (939) board with an X2 4400+ AMD proc, 2GB RAM and a Geforce 7950GT. Nothing is OC'd and it's running under Vista home premium. There is no stuttering at all with this config, it just tends to sap the processor while playing.
I picked up one of those from BB. I took it apart last night so I can mod it to be internal :p
I also ordered one of these as well as a HTPC case from the Egg last night. It will be nice to have BluRay and HDDVD all in my living room.
Picked mine up this afternoon.
I hooked it up to my PC and it auto installed all the drivers. I just had to download Cyberlink Power DVD to play the HD-DVDs.
On a side note, does anyone know if the remote it came with will control media center on the PC? I'm thinking of picking up some...
Hey TokyoShoe,
Did you end up getting the 360 remote to with with your media center? I just picked up a 360 HD-DVD drive and was really hoping to be able to use the remote with my PC (Vista Ultimate x64). It seems to have a very nice layout and it lights up really bright.
I actually have...
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