Your series 3000 card can directly output audio over HDMI removing the need of a separate sound card over your HDMI connector. Unlike most current HDMI implementations on PCIe graphics cards, this HDMI solution also incorporates audio functionality into the GPU. Obviously the entire HD 3000 series of cards will offer HDMI connectivity with the help of a DVI adapter or native with a HDMI connector integrated into the card, all cards fully support the DRM cancer called HDCP. One other improvement has been made as well you can now upscale your 1920x1080 streams fine towards for example a 2560x1600 sized monitor (no more black borders). Low CPU utilization whilst scoring a maximum of 100 out of a 100 points. That is no longer the case, we ran a HD-HQV test and noted sheer decoding perfection on both the HD 38 (X2). When the HD 2900 XT was released it took the press by surprise that the low-cost HD 24 where able to post-processes and accelerate HD streams like VC1 and H.264 fine while the 400 USD counterpart missed that engine and thus that translated into much higher CPU utilization. The video processor allows the GPU to apply hardware acceleration and video processing functions while keeping power consumption & CPU utilization low. UVD provides hardware acceleration of H.264 and VC-1 high definition video formats used by Blu-ray and HD DVD. One of the features lacking in the 2900 XT was the new UVD video decoder engine.