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Old 2nd December 2012, 22:55   #15922  |  Link
Mangix
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Originally Posted by DragonQ View Post
Also, for people like me who have a powerful CPU and relatively weak GPU (i7-920 @ 3.8 GHz + GTS250), using software decoding might result in a quieter system because it stops the GPU fan kicking in.
using DXVA2 versus CUVID should keep clocks lower though.

and a GTS 250 is not that weak. it was the highest end stuff a couple of years back(remember that it's a rebranded 9800 GTX)
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