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    A TI Radeon™ HD 3450 High Definition HTPC f or the masses[...]

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    ATI Radeon™ HD 3450 - Video Review Guide 2 ©2007 Advanced Micro De vices, Inc., AMD, The AMD arrow, Athlon, ATI, the ATI logo, Avivo, Catalyst, The Ul timate Visual E xperience and Radeon are trademarks of Advanced M icro Devices, Inc. Feature s, pricing, availability and spec ifications may vary by product mo del and are subject to chan ge with[...]

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    ATI Radeon™ HD 3450 - Video Review Guide 3 ©2007 Advanced Micro De vices, Inc., AMD, The AMD arrow, Athlon, ATI, the ATI logo, Avivo, Catalyst, The Ul timate Visual E xperience and Radeon are trademarks of Advanced M icro Devices, Inc. Feature s, pricing, availability and spec ifications may vary by product mo del and are subject to chan ge with[...]

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    ATI Radeon™ HD 3450 - Video Review Guide 4 ©2007 Advanced Micro De vices, Inc., AMD, The AMD arrow, Athlon, ATI, the ATI logo, Avivo, Catalyst, The Ul timate Visual E xperience and Radeon are trademarks of Advanced M icro Devices, Inc. Feature s, pricing, availability and spec ifications may vary by product mo del and are subject to chan ge with[...]

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    ATI Radeon™ HD 3450 - Video Review Guide 5 ©2007 Advanced Micro De vices, Inc., AMD, The AMD arrow, Athlon, ATI, the ATI logo, Avivo, Catalyst, The Ul timate Visual E xperience and Radeon are trademarks of Advanced M icro Devices, Inc. Feature s, pricing, availability and spec ifications may vary by product mo del and are subject to chan ge with[...]

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    ATI Radeon™ HD 3450 - Video Review Guide 6 ©2007 Advanced Micro De vices, Inc., AMD, The AMD arrow, Athlon, ATI, the ATI logo, Avivo, Catalyst, The Ul timate Visual E xperience and Radeon are trademarks of Advanced M icro Devices, Inc. Feature s, pricing, availability and spec ifications may vary by product mo del and are subject to chan ge with[...]

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    ATI Radeon™ HD 3450 - Video Review Guide 7 ©2007 Advanced Micro De vices, Inc., AMD, The AMD arrow, Athlon, ATI, the ATI logo, Avivo, Catalyst, The Ul timate Visual E xperience and Radeon are trademarks of Advanced M icro Devices, Inc. Feature s, pricing, availability and spec ifications may vary by product mo del and are subject to chan ge with[...]

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    How To Evaluate Video Playback Performance While video image qualit y is paramount in choosing the right solution, playback performance is of equal importance. Th is a pplies especially to PCs that are set up as media centers where multi-t ask ing is a necessity. Here are some guidelines on how to prop erly measure video playback performance: Step [...]

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    Step 4: Once Windows’ Reli ability and Performance Monitor appl ication launches, configure it to record CPU activity for at least 120 seconds (2 minutes). You can do so by first activati ng the Performance M onit or window: Proceed to the Action Æ Properties menu where you can change the duration and frequency of the CPU acti vity logger to the[...]

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    scenes with high bit-rate to evaluate how the system will perform under heavy workload from decodi ng video streams. Step 5: Launch yo ur software player of choi ce and make sure that hard ware acceleration is enabled for each test. You can ena ble and disable hardware acceleration by going to the Confi guration Æ Video menu: ATI Radeon™ HD 3450[...]

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    Step 6: Start the movie and navi gate to the scene that you want to use for your testing. Right before the scene begins, switch to the Reliability and Perform ance Monitor window (by pressing alt-tab ) and start the CPU utilization logg er by pressing the “unfreeze display” button or by pressing ctrl-f . Return to the movie by choosing the Cybe[...]

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    Step 7: After watching the movi e for the amount of time you set in the Performance Monitor, alt-tab to the Performance Monitor and press the Freeze Display button. You can obtain t he average CPU utilization in the information box near the bottom of the window. ATI Radeon™ HD 3450 - Video Review Guide 12 ©2007 Advanced Micro De vices, Inc., AMD[...]

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    ATI Radeon™ HD 3450 - Video Review Guide 13 ©2007 Advanced Micro De vices, Inc., AMD, The AMD arrow, Athlon, ATI, the ATI logo, Avivo, Catalyst, The Ul timate Visual E xperience and Radeon are trademarks of Advanced M icro Devices, Inc. Feature s, pricing, availability and spec ifications may vary by product mo del and are subject to chan ge wit[...]

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    1080p V i d eo C o n ten t P l ay b ack Perf o rman ce 1920x1200 32.0% 21.8% 42.5% 35.9% 24.4% 29.3% 41.3 % 28.1 % 25.2% 24.4% 28.4% 26.5% 27.4% 24.5% 25.6% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% T r ans f or m er s H .264 ( H D ) C hapter 20 MI: III M P E G -2 (B R ) C hapter 18 Ki ng Kong VC -1 (H D ) C hapter 30 Dé jà V u VC -1 (B R C hapter 10 C a si n o[...]

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    As noted previously 1080i VC-1 and H.264/AV C as well as HD MPEG-2 content still fall-back to fully software based deco ding on the ATI Radeon™ HD 2400 PRO whereas the ATI Radeon™ HD 3450 can provid e lower CPU utilization with hardware accelerated decoding 1080i V i d eo C o n ten t Pl ay b ack P erf o rman c e 1920x1200 26.6% 46.5% 41.2% 97.0[...]

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    ATI Radeon™ HD 3450 - Video Review Guide 16 ©2007 Advanced Micro De vices, Inc., AMD, The AMD arrow, Athlon, ATI, the ATI logo, Avivo, Catalyst, The Ul timate Visual E xperience and Radeon are trademarks of Advanced M icro Devices, Inc. Feature s, pricing, availability and spec ifications may vary by product mo del and are subject to chan ge wit[...]

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    ATI Radeon™ HD 3450 - Video Review Guide 17 ©2007 Advanced Micro De vices, Inc., AMD, The AMD arrow, Athlon, ATI, the ATI logo, Avivo, Catalyst, The Ul timate Visual E xperience and Radeon are trademarks of Advanced M icro Devices, Inc. Feature s, pricing, availability and spec ifications may vary by product mo del and are subject to chan ge wit[...]