This would coincide with what we experienced first-hand from Intel at IDF 2010. How will AMD's UVD3 measure up to the fixed-function decode hardware built into Intel's upcoming Sandy Bridge-based CPUs? It's still early to tell, but we have it on good authority that Intel put a lot of effort into that particular block of logic, and that both AMD and Nvidia are going to be way behind in this regard. Simply, UVD3 accelerates, in hardware, additional steps in the decode pipeline that weren't being sped-up before. Remember that the MVC codec is used for Blu-ray 3D playback, an important feature for the Radeon HD 6000s. Building on the UVD1 and UVD2 feature set, the new version adds acceleration for MPEG-2 bitstream, MPEG-4 Part 2 Advanced Simple Profile, and the Multi-View Codec (MVC) decode to the mix. The Radeon HD 6000-series cards include AMD’s third-generation Unified Video Decoder (UVD) hardware.

The fact that we can use triple-display configurations (now quad-display) from an AMD card is outright compelling.

Nvidia requires an SLI configuration to enable its Surround mode. : Power, Temperature, And Noise BenchmarksĮyefinity remains one of AMD's most interesting value-adds for gamers and productivity-oriented enthusiasts who use more than two displays.: HQV 2.0 Video Playback Quality Benchmark.: Benchmark Results: Battlefield: Bad Company 2.: Benchmark Results: Aliens Vs Predator.: Eyefinity, UVD3, And AMD APP Compute.

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