PureVideo HD

Essential for the Ultimate HD Movie Experience
Blu-ray and HD DVD movies are bringing a new level of movie-viewing experience, with high-definition image quality far surpassing standard-definition DVDs. To deliver the ultimate HD movie experience when playing Blu-ray and HD-DVD, NVIDIA developed PureVideo™ HD technology, available with NVIDIA® GeForce® Series 7 and 8 GPUs.

PureVideo HD technology is the combination of a dedicated video processing core on the NVIDIA GPU and software in the NVIDIA ForceWare ® drivers that delivers superb video quality with minimal CPU use and low power consumption when playing Blu-ray or HD DVD discs on a PC.

It is the essential ingredient for the ultimate high definition movie and video experience on a PC.

Revolutionary New Video Processing Architecture
NVIDIA GeForce 8400, 8500, and 8600 GPUs for Desktop and GeForce 8400M, 8600M and 8700M for Notebooks, incorporate a revolutionary new video processing architecture, making them the world’s first GPU video processors to offload 100% of Blu-ray and HD DVD H.264 video decoding from the CPU. This added processing power gives PureVideo HD technology the ability to support more complex features as they are added to Blu-ray and HD DVD movies, including “picture-in-picture” movies, interactive games and menus, and higher bit-rate / higher quality movie pictures.

Low CPU Utilization and Power Consumption
PureVideo HD technology on the GPU takes on the processing-intensive video decoding task, freeing the CPU and 3D engine to run other applications while playing a high-definition movie. Lower CPU utilization can result in reduced power consumption, heat and noise, and longer battery life.

Superb Picture Quality
NVIDIA PureVideo HD technology delivers outstanding picture clarity, ultra-smooth video, vivid color, and precise image scaling for video and HD DVD and Blu-ray movies. PureVideo HD accelerates and enhances high-definition movies delivering life-like images that have up to six times the detail of standard DVD movies at resolutions up to 1080p - the highest HD resolution available.

The Core of a Complete Blu-ray/HD DVD Solution
PureVideo HD technology is a core ingredient for playing visually stunning movies on a PC. Leading PC manufacturers, including DELL, HP, Toshiba and Acer, have adopted NVIDIA GeForce GPUs with PureVideo HD technology to power their PCs with Blu-ray and HD DVD drives.

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