Minimum CPU/Mem config for HD playback?

[Apulo]

I didn't notice any difference (and from various comments/wiki article I was under the impression that as of now it is thought that CoreAVC team really did a great job and rest of the teams tries to figure out how the hell they did it)

Thanks. I'll give it a try. It would solve my current dilemma if it has good picture quality. No need for a very fast C2D, no need for an nVidia card.

[Nowhere]

Doubt it would make a difference, but note that I used non-HD video (DVD style resolution)

BTW Hulk, ffdhsow also heavily uses asembly...but it's also how you use it

[Nowhere]

I finally got some HD H264 content (720p, typical "fits one DVD" and "fits one dual layer DVD" things) and while using CoreAVC I can watch it without any problems on Athlon XP 1700+, 768 MB single channel, Radeon 8500 64MB...with ~95% CPU utilisation, but it works.