Click to viewBesides that pesky little required DRM update , there ’s a neat trick hiding underneath CyberLink ’s just - announced new version of its PowerDVD Ultra playback software : It can now unlock the great power of NVIDIA ’s next - gen PureVideo HD VP2 architecture , which gooses Blu - ray and HD videodisk playback to the extreme . This means that for the first time , NVIDIA ’s GeForce 8500/8600 serial publication graphics cards can handle most of the processing for decipher and play back HD videodisk and Blu - ray ’s 1080p videos . All that number crunch is offload to NVIDIA ’s GPU processor alternatively of bogging down the PC ’s CPU .
We saw a demonstration liken the last generation of NVIDIA ’s PureVideo HD tech used in its 7600 series to this newest PureVideo HD VP2 ( video C.P.U. 2 ) inside its8500 and 8600 series graphics cardsrolled out in April . When they unleashed this VP2 beast , were we impressed ?
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check off out these numbers , which we consider happening with our own centre . The obtuse playback ( blue bar on the graphical record below ) was with a Core 2 Duo processor , the dark green bar is with NVIDIA ’s old PureVideo HD tech , and the bright green bar shows the quickness of PureVideo HD VP2 :
There was a braggart difference . While the old 7600 GeForce carte want between 62 % and 75 % of the PC ’s central processing unit utilization to play back a Blu - ray magnetic disc , with this honkin ’ PureVideo VP2 central processing unit on board , it only used between 20 % and 25 % of the CPU utilisation . Besides that , the Blu - ray playback was butta - smooth and clean .
This is of import . This kind of power will let you do other things with your personal computer while you ’re observe Blu - ray or HD videodisc movies , such as use your PC as a DVR , recording HDTV depict at the same prison term . It also means you’re able to buy yourself an $ 89 nontextual matter card and a $ 299 Blu - ray campaign for your PC , and turn a garden - mixed bag computer into a firebreathing home theater playback machine . As long as your PC has PCI Express , with this NVIDIA card inside and the $ 99.95 PowerDVD software , it can play back Blu - ray and HD videodisk in full 1080p . Of naturally , you ’ll also take an HDCP - compliant monitor , or an high-definition television circle .
NVIDIA tells us there will shortly be HDMI interpretation of its 8500 and 8600 serial publication of graphics cards usable ( the current version have DVI connection ) , so stay tuned , because we ’re going to be the first ones to put one of those in an previous personal computer we have lying around here , along with one of those $ 300Pioneer BDC-2202 Blu - ray drivesthat ’s on its way out next calendar month . We ’ll show and tell you about the experience , right here on the Giz .
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Along with this Cyberlink PowerDVD Ultra software ( or a new version of WinDVD 8 , also forthcoming with the ability to sneak up with NVIDIA ’s VP2 ) , this ’ll be an effective way to play back HD DVD and Blu - ray from a microcomputer . Plus , with the lower requirement for CPU power , we ’ll be able-bodied to put a quieter computer in our living room . This software just brought us one whole tone closer to practical personal computer in the home field of operations .
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