Toms H/W AVIVO vs Purevideo

[Elmo Putney]

Took my daily look at Toms Hardware this morning and saw a new article in the list:

Part 4: Avivo HD Vs. PureVideo HD : Introduction

Well I never saw Part 1 2 and 3 so I have started reading them, so far I've only read part 1:

Avivo vs. Purevideo, Round 1: The Radeon X1000 vs. Geforce 7000 Generation : What Are Avivo And Purevideo?

And I found it a very useful basic explanation of the issues and major points of video decoding.

I would like to hear if anyone has similar or differing conclusions from these articles:

Part2 is here:
AVIVO HD vs. Purevideo HD: What You Need to Know about High-Definition Video : Introduction

Part3 is here:

AVIVO HD vs. Purevideo HD Part 3: Midrange and Low-end Card Performance : Introduction