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dmehling2
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_ 		22. February 2009 @ 12:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I am considering purchasing a tuner card for watching HD on my computer. The minimum requirements for an HD tuner is a Pentium 4 processor running at 2.2 GHz. The processor on my desktop computer is a Pentium 4 2 GHz. I have read that a faster video card may reduce the load on the processor for this type of application, so I may not need to upgrade my processor in that case. Is this true?
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_ 		23. February 2009 @ 08:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yes it does.. my brother runs his media computer with a q6850 thats the extream 3gig quad core with a ati 4670 1 gig card and with 1 blu ray movie running cpu is at 60 percent load with powerdvd doing the play back

now me.. with the same setup blu ray player same amount of ram only diffrence is im doing a e6600 at 2.4 dual core not quad and 1 4870 and 4850 crossfired and im sitting at 6-12 percent load when movie playing..
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