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fasterthanlight

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Can someone tell me specifically why my standard dvd's run at ok speed with no stutter, but only HD-DVD and BluRay stutter on this card? I have 2 gbs of ddr2 and I have a 1.8ghz Core 2 Duo for a processor. What is this card missing that the 8600GS may have?

I notice that standard Transformers uses about 10% capacity and HD Transformers uses 95%-100% capacity. Am I right to assume that the video card is not the weak link?
 
It's missing H.264 hardware decoding. When you use a 7600gs, the CPU does almost all the work when playing hd dvds. Why it stutters I'm not sure because a C2D is powerful enough. An 8600 will take almost all the workload off the CPU.
 
I did some further testing. I found that BD Blackhawk Down, 300, and HDDVD Batman Begins use only about 35-50% CPU and do not skip at all. Only when I put Transformers HD in, does the C2D max out and skip like a stutterer at a spelling bee. Anyone else experience this too?
 
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