affect me too much. Generally, I'll let the HTPC encode video at night while I sleep. Overall DHCAT score DHCAT details DHCAT details legend I take the results of this particular test with a grain of salt. The results were interesting to study and compare...

should provide a reasonable comparison with the system in Part I, since both of them used All in Wonder cards. DHCAT platform capabilities indicator and score DHCAT platform capabilities matrix DHCAT platform capabilities matrix legend. (Click for larger...

some strange visual artifacts in the same section, again for reasons we can't fathom. To learn how to interpret DHCAT results, see sidebar to this story entitled "Reading the DHCAT Results Report." Given that the same Intel hardware scores 15-16% better when...

• -DHCAT At Ground Level: Six Scenarios And 24 Assessments

Media PCs): Day 1 76 Table 6 Of those numbers, the 76 that our low-end build with integrated graphics earned was the lowest score we’ve ever seen for DHCAT. The Intel machines earned a boost in their scores because the Intel ViiV media server software,...

• -Summary And Conclusions

Score, which represents MOS values for the system when running extra credit scenarios. This metric also provides a good way to compare systems to one another. This is the summary score in the chart above. Figure 1: The DHCAT main results screen shows...

Tool) twice. First I ran it with the stock configuration, and then I installed the ADS InstantHDTV tuner card and ran it again. There was a 33-point difference (26% improvement in score with the HD card) The DHCAT performs a series of intense multitasking tests...

was not built to handle HD and did not multitask well, but for a budget HTPC it was still functional. Figure 14: DHCAT results running stock 8500DV drivers Figure 15: DHCAT results running up to date 8500DV drivers. Key to Figures 14 and 15: Basic: tests...

description of the previous DHCAT tests (2.0) in our October 2007 story: “Seeking the Ultimate DHCAT PC.” For the purposes of this discussion, let’s simply observe that DHCAT 3.0 simplifies things a bit and has been made easier to use and run than ever...