Icemunk, Strange, I have no had those issues. I use Mobo, so might be that. I don't know, seems strange that the SoC could render games but not play 1080p. In any case, I don't doubt your issue of course, just say that I have not had any problems myself with Tegra3 and has been more than enough for all my uses. More power is always nice, but I don't see Tegra 3 as a failed SoC. Tegra 4 looks promising, but the great thing is that there are SO MANY promising chips these days, we are in the golden age of processors right now.