Hydravision performance issue question

[Guest]

does hydravision from ATI slows down gaming performance? and any disadvantage?

 

[r_manic]

Well, you can always find out for yourself. Play a game with it on, reboot, then play the same game with it off. Personally, I don't think it will affect performance significantly.

 

[mactronix]

Technically i have no idea but would have thought it very minimal at most. There was a post last week that said turning off Audio over HDMI would give a small boost and i guess that anything the GPU isnt doing extra can only help but i wouldnt go to those lengths myself.

Ati used to make an All In Wonder GPU, This was basically the model of GPU with a TV tunner onboard with some codecs etc, These cards didnt show any performance differances worth noting. Single Frames at most from what benchmarks i can remember seeing.

Mactronix

 

[photonboy]

Run an intensive benchmark with it installed and without. I'd be surprised if there was any difference. It probably also depends on whether you use XP or Vista/Win7. My guess is it would be very, very minor.

It boils down to this:

If you need it, use it.