> > 1080p @ 24 bpp would need 373,248,000 bytes/sec.
> > 1080p @ 32 bpp would need 497,664,000 bytes/sec.
> > Even a 30" display at 2560 x 1600 x32bpp @ 60Hz is "only" 983,040,000 B/s.
> 
> The bandwidth requirements drop a bit if the card
> has hardware YUV->RGB conversion support, do
> the numbers with 12bits per pixel.
> 
> Is there really 1080p @ 60fps HDTV stuff? Sounds
> a bit extreme.

I was looking for the most INefficient way to transmit bits
from the CPU to the graphics card, to show that even doing
things the more INefficient way should not saturate AGP-8x.

If the inablility of Peter's AMD64 3200+ to display HDTV is
not due to saturating the AGP-8x, it is probably due to
running out of CPU.  Is there another explaination?

The AMD64 3200+ is almost the fastest CPU available.
It should be loafing along with a large percent idle.

Requiring a Cray supercomputer to watch television is not
practical.  And they probably don't have PCI-X slots.
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