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    Can the ATI Radeon Xpress 1100 handle HD content?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Emerican_Idiot, Jan 6, 2008.

  1. Emerican_Idiot

    Emerican_Idiot Notebook Consultant

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    Okay I want to buy the Xbox 360 HD-DVD add on for my 360... which is a product I've been looking into for a while now. I know you can hook up the drive to your computer, so that would be a nice thing if i could hook it up to my laptop, instead of my 360 then to the projector. I just wanted to know if my laptop would be able to handle the HD content? If it would then it would pretty much justify the purchase for me.
     
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    Just wondering....

    Since stand alone HD-DVD players (like the Toshiba HD-A3) are now cheaper than the 360 add-on drive, why not just get one of those?
     
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  3. Emerican_Idiot

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    Well my local Future Shop/Best Buy is selling the Toshiba HD-A3, for $250 on sale. I'll be able to get the HD add on for like a $100 less since I use to work at Best Buy and know people who will let me use their discount. Plus the add one will come with the media remote and king kong (which I heard is a bad movie but w/e). Also I have my 360 to my projector for HD gaming and movie, via VGA. :D
     
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    Why wouldn't you just use the HDDVD player with your projector? Why would you want to watch the movies on your laptop?
     
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  5. Emerican_Idiot

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    No if I get the HD-DVD add on for my 360 most of the time it will be on my projector, but maybe once in a while I'll hook it up to my tomy laptop if it's possible.
     
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    Well if you're planning to buy the player anyways, there's only one way to find out if your laptop will be able to handle it. Unless the ability to run it on your laptop is your purchasing decision.
     
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    I thought HD-Content (and movie playing in general) was more dependent on the CPU, but i could be wrong.
     
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    The geforce 7 and up have the "Purevideo" technology, wich transfers the video randering to the graphics card. The Radeon HD, Geforce 8300/8400/8500/8600/8800GT/S 512 have Purevideo HD (well, it's another name for the Radeons) wich does HD randering.

    In the case of the 1150, what CPU do you have?

    Anyway, your laptop is probably not HDCP compatible so there is little need of having an HD-DVD on it.
     
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  9. Emerican_Idiot

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    I have the AMD Turion X2 CPU not the best cpu but it's not bad.
     
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    Most modern CPU's can do high definition content fairly well with little to no help from the GPU. VC-1 and HD decode can be helpful, but if you are running your PC virtually dedicated to playing HD content the results should be decent.

    I remember Anandtech did multiple HD content decoding tests, but the site seems to be down at the moment. They might have more specific information for you.
     
    ShadowoftheSun, Jan 7, 2008
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