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Old 3rd September 2013, 02:07   #20005  |  Link
jkauff
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Originally Posted by vulture_g7 View Post
Sure, that's a very valid question! Having HD 3000 as a primary card of sorts means the 7870 is in idle mode for about 80% of the time I spend before my computer, surfing the net, managing files and writing emails. That results in much lower power consumption and heat dissipation inside my tower. Also, quicksync is readily available to lav decoder without resorting to tricks when HD 3000 is active for video playback.
So, what happens if you add your player to Virtu MVP as a dMode app? I have the opposite setup and madVR doesn't like iMode. I use the "fake display" trick to get LAV to use QuickSync, but I only use hardware decoding when the CPU is running Handbrake at full throttle. Normally I use software decoding, with my GTX 660 handling the video rendering.

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