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ATI's Avivo Platform - H.264 Decode and Transcode Acceleration on R5xx

 by Anand Lal Shimpi on September 20, 2005 10:44 AM EST
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Avivo Improves Video Capture

Avivo doesn't actually bring anything new to the table when addressing the video capture stage of the video pipeline. Instead, it simply uses a product that's been in existence for a while now - ATI's Theater 550.

We looked at the Theater 550 earlier this year and found that as a analog TV tuner, it offered the best quality in its class, which is exactly the mentality that ATI is aiming for with Avivo. Given that the Theater 550 has been out for a while, Avivo isn't really bringing us anything new in this department, other than setting the standard for others to measure up to.

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  • Pythias - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - link

    I've no more problems with Ati drivers than I do nvidias. Who gives a rat's sack about branding? Neither chipset is ever clearly and decisively the winner in the performance arena. Just pick one that suits you, and call off the holy war. :|

  • erinlegault - Tuesday, September 20, 2005 - link

    There is absolutely nothing wrong with ATI's driver's, especially, since they started releasing monthly updates. When new games come out, nvidia has just as much trouble with drivers as ATI and updates are issued accordingly.
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