LS-120, PCI decoder card, etc?

billyboysport · Post by **billyboysport** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 11:16 pm

What are the speeds for the fastest LS-120 drive and the fastest floppy drive at reading floppies? With the Radeon 64MD DDR, does it have a hardware decoder card integrated in it or do I need to get a PCI hardware decoder card?

glc1 · Post by **glc1** » Mon Mar 05, 2001 11:22 pm

Originally posted by billyboysport:
With the Radeon 64MD DDR, does it have a hardware decoder card integrated in it or do I need to get a PCI hardware decoder card?

If you're referring to hardware DVD decoding, ATI is the best in the business (always have been), so you can't go wrong w/ a Radeon.

billyboysport · Post by **billyboysport** » Tue Mar 06, 2001 9:41 pm

So the Radeon 64MD DDR and all the Radeon models have an integrated hardware decoder card?

Qwijib0 · Post by **Qwijib0** » Wed Mar 07, 2001 8:54 am

FROM THE ATI WEBSITE:

Industry Best DVD Playback

Process full-frame rate, full-screen DVD or MPEG-2 video

Hardware DVD saves the expense of buying a separate MPEG-2/DVD decoder card

Integrated IDCT and motion compensation allows for DVD decoding with minimum CPU usage

HDTV ready