Minimal hw config for h264 720p ? (was: [Mplayer-users]playing HD video)

[Dominique Dumont]

Hello

"kofboy" <kofboy at 163.com> writes:
> AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ is not enough [for 720p/h264]. CPU load 100%
> for decode.

What would be the minimal HW configuration to be able to watch
720p/h264 without trouble ? (on Linux)

I currently have an AMD XP3200, and viewing these kind of video (with
XV on a radeon 9200) is very difficult: I have to stop all running
daemons to be able to have "relatively" smooth video.

Thanks