Assassinator Wrote:And like steel desktop boxes, there's probably also the heat reason - metal helps transmit heat better (especially if it's connected to your inside frame), plastic just traps it inside.
Desktop boxes don't have the issue of weight.
Increased conductivity = higher risk of static electricity stuffing up the chips. Stuff like RAM is especially sensitive to static. I bet there's insulation below the aluminium. Besides, using the case as a heatsink means you get a hot laptop...
Wow, I'm well out of my depth here, and haven't been anywhere NEAR as active as I should've been over the last year or so, so semi-expect to get flamed over this but.
I got a macbook pro.
Yes, I paid far too much for it, and within 4 months of the most significant purchase of 2009 Apple decided to release their NEW range, forcing m OLD computer into the realms of insignificance.
HOWEVER, I love it. It has never crashed.
Never.
I have never had a Windows computer which has never crashed, and I love that my Mac has not.
I will not buy another Windows based computer until I am absolutely convinced it will not crash - a matter I believe Microsoft will struggle to overcome, come 8, 9 and 10 releases of their famed Windows OS.
Apologies for side-lining your thread Tetris, but the whole Mac Vs. PC thing seems to never die.
Get the Tablet, I'll buy your Mac off you.
Shall wee say NZD250?
I have the tx2. The laptop that came after that, mine has a n-trig tablet but that one has a wacom one.
mine has 4gb ram and a 2.2ghz processor
I love mine and I was debating whether I should get that one or this one. I got this one for the multi-touch and better screen.
i had a late 2006 blacbook
i traded mine on ebay other day and got £450 sraight away buy now
now i own the uk version of the samsung np-x460 though it runs quite well with a only a 9200m gs but rest of specs are silly for 14.1 inch screen
Assassinator Wrote:Tetris999 Wrote:The video cards, now definitely i know 9400M is easily capable of HD playback, the ATI Radeon 3200; I'm not so sure of, but i did hear that it could playback 1080p video. Gameswise it is terrible; which could be a cause for concern in the future
Intergated graphics wars?
The Radeon HD 3200 actually isn't all that bad. I'm using that IGP and I can play HL2 on high settings just fine. Ofcourse, if you want to play hardcore new games, it's going to suck, but it's not like the 9400 will run Crysis Warhead for you either.
Will easily decode your 1080p... assuming your 1080p is DXVA supported, otherwise your CPU will choke.
Sorry just a quick hijack/semi-contribution. My laptop runs an ATi Catalys HD3470. And yet it really struggles to play back HD video, Youtube HD especially (probably not applicable to this argument but hey.) Looking at resource meters it's the CPU not the GPU doing the decoding. That's maxing out at 50% (only 1 core being used) and the video starts to jump. The sound remains fine though....
* PSPkiller downloads some HD sample clips to test some more...
PSPkiller Wrote:Assassinator Wrote:Tetris999 Wrote:The video cards, now definitely i know 9400M is easily capable of HD playback, the ATI Radeon 3200; I'm not so sure of, but i did hear that it could playback 1080p video. Gameswise it is terrible; which could be a cause for concern in the future
Intergated graphics wars?
The Radeon HD 3200 actually isn't all that bad. I'm using that IGP and I can play HL2 on high settings just fine. Ofcourse, if you want to play hardcore new games, it's going to suck, but it's not like the 9400 will run Crysis Warhead for you either.
Will easily decode your 1080p... assuming your 1080p is DXVA supported, otherwise your CPU will choke.
Sorry just a quick hijack/semi-contribution. My laptop runs an ATi Catalys HD3470. And yet it really struggles to play back HD video, Youtube HD especially (probably not applicable to this argument but hey.) Looking at resource meters it's the CPU not the GPU doing the decoding. That's maxing out at 50% (only 1 core being used) and the video starts to jump. The sound remains fine though....
* PSPkiller downloads some HD sample clips to test some more...
Like I said, it has to be DXVA supported for you to be able to use the GPU. Otherwise you're decoding with CPU only (try CoreAVC for a fast CPU decoder).
My laptop has the ATI radeon HD 3200 and it runs games well, sure I don't play the ultra high end games but I can decently play L4D on high settings.
Also I set it so when running on battery it will try and and use less battery, when plugged in to have max performance
Assassinator Wrote:Like I said, it has to be DXVA supported for you to be able to use the GPU. Otherwise you're decoding with CPU only (try CoreAVC for a fast CPU decoder).
Odd. The Wikipedia article on DXVA says that MPC Homecinema supports DXVA. Yet when I try to play the sample clips I just downloaded it just locks up and dies. I'm using K-Lite Mega Codec Pack by the way.
VLC however plays them relatively well. Yes it's a little jumpy on high-motion sections but it's acceptable.
PSPkiller Wrote:Assassinator Wrote:Like I said, it has to be DXVA supported for you to be able to use the GPU. Otherwise you're decoding with CPU only (try CoreAVC for a fast CPU decoder).
Odd. The Wikipedia article on DXVA says that MPC Homecinema supports DXVA. Yet when I try to play the sample clips I just downloaded it just locks up and dies. I'm using K-Lite Mega Codec Pack by the way.
VLC however plays them relatively well. Yes it's a little jumpy on high-motion sections but it's acceptable.
The video also needs to be DXVA supported, not just the player, and that would depend on the encoding settings.
Also, make sure you're actually using DXVA... quote from the MPC-HC website...
Quote: DXVA is quite picky, so if you want to use it you have to respect those rules :
* Windows XP users, select Overlay Mixer, VMR7, VMR9 or VMR9 renderless
* Vista users, select EVR or EVR custom renderer
The MPC-HC Video decoder must be connected directly to the renderer. That means no intermediate filters such as DirectVobSub or ffdshow can be inserted between the decoder and the video renderer.
K-lite probably defaults to using libavcodec (ffdshow) to decode, so you're probably not using DXVA.
As for CPU decoding... try using CoreAVC or ffmpegmt (in the pulldown list in ffdshow), they will be able to use both your cores.