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    Intergrated gfx X3100 - DVD Quality?

    Discussion in 'Hardware Components and Aftermarket Upgrades' started by adrift02, May 23, 2008.

  1. adrift02

    adrift02 Notebook Enthusiast

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    How is the dvd quality using the x3100 integrated gfx?

    Nvidia and ATI use a lot of acceleration features on desktops cards which clean up the video quality and get rid of artifacts and such. Turning off hardware acceleration for instance drastically lowers DVD quality on my desktop.

    The cpu of the notebook I buy will at least be a T8100 which I know can handle the playback, just was concerned that I would lose quality with integrated graphics.

    Thanks!
     
    adrift02, May 23, 2008
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  2. The_Observer

    The_Observer 9262 is the best:)

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    For a DVD playback X3100 will be good enough.
     
    The_Observer, May 23, 2008
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  3. Matt is Pro

    Matt is Pro I'm a PC, so?

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    You should be fine doing anything except gaming, video encoding and the like.
     
    Matt is Pro, May 23, 2008
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  4. adrift02

    adrift02 Notebook Enthusiast

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    Great, thanks for the responses!
     
    adrift02, May 23, 2008
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  5. Grimster

    Grimster Notebook Geek

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    Video encoding has nothing to do with the graphics card. Its all done on the CPU.
     
    Grimster, May 23, 2008
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  6. John Ratsey

    John Ratsey Moderately inquisitive Super Moderator

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    Maybe, but some GPUs, including the X3100, have features which help the decoding.

    John
     
    John Ratsey, May 24, 2008
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  7. Tailic

    Tailic Notebook Deity

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    Looks fine on my T61.

    As for gaming, Sins of the Solar Empire runs good, anything else doesn't, hehe.
     
    Tailic, May 24, 2008
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    Intel cards also have XvMC support.
     
    star882, May 24, 2008
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    ATG 2x4 Super Moderator

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    This works under Vista only. In the XP's x3100 control panel instead of "Intel Clear Video Technology" I have 'Information' button :)
     
    ATG, May 24, 2008
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    Newer PowerDVDs have option for enabling Intel hardware video acceleration in Configuration/Video.
     
    wojwoda, May 24, 2008
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    Wow, guess integrated graphics have come a long way since I last looked.

    Thanks again to everyone who posted!
     
    adrift02, May 24, 2008
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    ummm......encoding and decoding are two VERY different things. Please check wiki for more information about encoding and decoding video formats and how each relates to the graphics chips. There is some good info there where you can further ones knowledge.
     
    Grimster, May 24, 2008
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