Flash GPU Decoding in new iMacs

[cxc]

I am wondering whether the current imacs allow for gpu decoding of h264 content (flash, youtube). Of course, AMDs 6xxx support hardware decoding but Apple has been brutally negilgent in the past and only allowed a few select gpus to be supported despite underlying hardware support.

 

[Hellhammer]

From what I know, Apple has limited the HW acc to specific GPUs.

This reference describes the Video Decode Acceleration framework available on Mac OS X 10.6.3 and later with Mac models equipped with the NVIDIA GeForce 9400M, GeForce 320M or GeForce GT 330M.

http://developer.apple.com/library/mac/#technotes/tn2267/_index.html