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Intel ® Digital Home Capabilities Assessment Tool Results Test Category Entertainment Center Platform Capabilities Score

160

Platform Capabilities Indicator

Platform Capabilities Matrix

Disclaimer: Other names and brands in the following sections may be claimed as the property of others.

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Excellent/Pass

Good/Acceptable

Poor/Fail

Watch you favorite TV show

Listen to stereo audio

Play your own video

Listen to high definition audio

Watch you favorite HDTV show

DLNA compliant media server

Play your own HD video

Stream video to another TV

Record your favorite TV show

Stream Hi Compression video to another TV

Record a TV show to higher compression

Prepare another video for your portable media player

Legend

Record your favorite HDTV show

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System Information capture device

ATI DTV Wonder Analog AV Capture

capture device

Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture

capture device

Hauppauge WinTV PVR PCI II Capture

Encoder

DivX® 6.1.1 Codec (1 Logical CPU)

Encoder

DivX® 6.1.1 YV12 Decoder

Encoder

WMVideo9 Encoder DMO

Encoder

WMVideo Advanced Encoder DMO

Number of CPUs

1

Name

AMD Athlon 64 3700+

Code Name

San Diego

Specification

AMD Athlon(tm) 64 Processor 3700+

Family / Model / Stepping

F71

Extended Family / Model

F 27

Brand ID

4

Package

Socket 939

Core Stepping

SH-E4

Technology

0.09 µ

Supported Instructions Sets

MMX, Extended MMX, 3DNow!, Extended 3DNow!, SSE, SSE2, SSE3, x86-64

CPU Clock Speed

2211.3 MHz

Clock multiplier

x 11.0

HTT Bus Frequency

201.0 MHz

L1 Data Cache

64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size

L1 Instruction Cache

64 KBytes, 2-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size

L2 Cache

1024 KBytes, 16-way set associative, 64 Bytes line size

L2 Speed

2211.3 MHz (Full)

L2 Location

On Chip

L2 Data Prefetch Logic

yes

L2 Bus Width

128 bits

Motherboard manufacturer

Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd.

Motherboard model

GA-K8NF-9, x.x

BIOS vendor

Award Software International, Inc.

BIOS revision

F7

BIOS release date

10/27/2005

Chipset

nVidia nForce4 rev. A3

Southbridge

nVidia nForce4 MCP rev. A3

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Sensor chip

IT 8712

Graphic Interface

PCI-Express

PCI-E Link Width

x16

PCI-E Max Link Width

x16

DRAM Type

DDR-SDRAM

DRAM Size

1024 MBytes

DRAM Frequency

201.0 MHz

FSB:DRAM

CPU/11

CAS# Latency

2.5 clocks

RAS# to CAS#

3 clocks

RAS# Precharge

3 clocks

Cycle Time (TRAS)

8 clocks

Bank Cycle Time (TRC)

11 clocks

DRAM Idle Timer

16 clocks

# of memory modules

2

Module 0

Corsair DDR-SDRAM PC3200 - 512 MBytes

Module 1

Corsair DDR-SDRAM PC3200 - 512 MBytes

Windows version

Microsoft Windows XP Media Center Edition Professional Service Pack 2 (Build 2600)

DirectX version

9.0c

Project Configuration Name

HTPC Part III

Time

4/30/2006 10:29:49 PM

No Of Iterations

1

Description

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Platform Capability Details Level

Scenario

Instance

1.

1_audio

Capability Check

Pass

2_mpeg2

Watch Video

Excellent

2_divx

Watch Video

Excellent

2_wmv

Watch Video

Excellent

3.

3_sdtv

Capability Check

Pass

4.

4_mpeg2

Watch Video

Excellent

Record TV

Excellent

Watch Video

Poor

Synch Device

0.561

Watch Video

Acceptable

Synch Device

0.549

Watch Video

Excellent

Watch Video

Poor

Record TV

Poor

Watch Video

Acceptable

Synch Device

0.572

Record TV

Excellent

Watch Video

Poor

Synch Device

0.567

Watch Video

Poor

Synch Device

0.504

Record TV

Fail

2.

5_divx

Primitive

Result

5. 5_wmv

6_divx 6. 6_wmv

Level 1 (Basic)

7.

7_mpeg2

8_divx 8. 8_wmv

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Watch Video

Good

Record TV

Excellent

Record TV

Excellent

Watch Video

Acceptable

Watch Video

Poor

Record TV

Fail

Record TV

Fail

Watch Video

Poor

Synch Device

0.565

Watch Video

Poor

Synch Device

0.482

Record TV

Fail

Record TV

Fail

1_hdaudio

Capability Check

Pass

2_mpeg2

Watch Video

Acceptable

2_divx

Watch Video

Acceptable

2_wmv

Watch Video

Acceptable

3.

3_hdtv

Capability Check

Pass

4.

4_mpeg2

Watch Video

Acceptable

Record TV

Good

Watch Video

Poor

Synch Device

0.591

Watch Video

Poor

Synch Device

0.56

9.

9_mpeg2

10_divx 10. 10_wmv

11_divx

11. 11_wmv

1.

2.

5_divx 5. 5_wmv

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Level 2 (HD)

6_divx

Watch Video

Excellent

Watch Video

Poor

Record TV

Poor

Watch Video

Acceptable

Synch Device

0.613

Watch Video

Poor

Synch Device

0.596

Watch Video

Poor

Synch Device

0.523

Record TV

Fail

Watch Video

Acceptable

Watch Video

Poor

Record TV

Fail

Record TV

Fail

Watch Video

Poor

Synch Device

0.612

Watch Video

Poor

Synch Device

0.499

Record TV

Fail

Record TV

Fail

1_mediaserver

Capability Check

Pass

2_mpeg2

Gilmour DMA

Excellent

2_wmv

Gilmour DMA

Excellent

2_divx

Gilmour DMA

Fail

6. 6_wmv

7.

7_mpeg2

8_divx 8. 8_wmv

9_divx 9. 9_wmv

10_divx

10. 10_wmv

1.

2.

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3_mpeg2

3.

3_wmv

3_divx

4_mpeg2

Level 3 (Connected)

4.

4_wmv

4_divx

5_wmv 5. 5_divx

6_wmv 6.

6_divx

Watch Video

Excellent

Gilmour DMA

Excellent

Watch Video

Good

Gilmour DMA

Fail

Watch Video

Excellent

Gilmour DMA

Fail

Watch Video

Excellent

Synch Device

0.638

Gilmour DMA

Excellent

Watch Video

Good

Synch Device

0.609

Gilmour DMA

Fail

Watch Video

Poor

Synch Device

0.62

Gilmour DMA

Fail

Watch Video

Good

Record TV

Acceptable

Gilmour DMA

Fail

Watch Video

Excellent

Gilmour DMA

Fail

Watch Video

Poor

Synch Device

0.558

Record TV

Fail

Gilmour DMA

Fail

Watch Video

Poor

Synch Device

0.626

Gilmour DMA

Fail

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7_wmv 7.

7_divx

Watch Video

Poor

Record TV

Fail

Record TV

Fail

Gilmour DMA

Fail

Watch Video

Excellent

Gilmour DMA

Fail

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