Intels G45-chipset does HD Playback

Intel's new G45 chipset will be competing with NVIDIA and ATi on the high-def video front as it can playback 1920x1080 full HD, encrypted in H.264 with Dolby TrueHD and Real time video bit rate at 24 Mbps as demonstrated at Computex.

Intel demonstrated a working system at Computex with the help of a dual-core 45nm CPU, E8400 3GHz model, that system scored 25% CPU utilization, which is "okay".

That's fairly good news as Intel's IGPs always where slow at games and video.