Quote Originally Posted by Sampsa View Post
Have you tested decoding yourself? With current drivers (8.37) there is absolutely no benefit of Radeon HD 2900 XT when decoding HD-DVD movies (VC-1 and H.264). Nothing like the figures you posted.
Offcourse. Look to your first post and read all David Bauman info:
Quote Originally Posted by Dave Baumann
HD 2900 does not have UVD; it'll be paried with HD video capable CPU's. The drivers used in that test don't yet have decode acceleration enabled either, first revision of that comes with 8.38.
You need ate least 8.38 to try something. Beside the drivers you have to have a HD player that suports Hardware decoding. Generaly those players are not free.
Also maybe you can have to install some software from Microsoft site. At least in Windows XP.