How to enable hardware acceleration?

First of all, you need a display card that support Pure Video HD or Avivo HD. It would cost you US$65 to US$100.
Make sure you update to the latest driver.

The most important thing, you need a codec pack called Pure Codec. At this moment, the latest version is V2008
Build 0831.

Here is the settings that do the trick, I tested it on both Windows XP and Windows Vista. I also tested it on Vista
64 bit. Once you installed the codec pack Pure Codec, do the following settings:

 Deselect “Auto Mode”
 Video Renderer use VMR9 Renderless (Remap_16_235). This will give you better color.
 Audio Decoder choose InterVideo. Better sound quality and smoother playback.
 H.264 Video Decoder is our main concert, choose CyberLink (DXVA) for MKV. This is the one which
enabling hardware acceleration!
You setting window should look like this:

In fact, there is nothing new about hardware acceleration, it is just the default setting of the codec packs are usually
not working. That is why most of us fail to enable hardware acceleration… including myself…
Wish this article can help friends who are planning to upgrade their computer …. you may save you money and enjoy
more high definition! Enjoy mkv files with X264 encoding!