[lug] DVD too slow... do I need a major upgrade?

[j davis]

are you using the nvidia drivers for the nvidia chipset...if your card is 
supported you will proably notice a huge performance boost by switching.

jd


>From: Jeff Howell <tremere at lanminds.net>
>Reply-To: lug at lug.boulder.co.us
>To: <lug at lug.boulder.co.us>
>Subject: Re: [lug] DVD too slow... do I need a major upgrade?
>Date: Thu, 8 Aug 2002 15:00:21 -0600 (MDT)
>
>I think 99% of the problem is your CPU.
>
>K6's are REALLY bad at doing any multimedia. MTRR support is essential for
>playing DVDs. A dedicated DVD decoder may help a bit, but it'll be cheaper
>and far more effective to get a decent processor. The K6 line from AMD is
>an ugly stepchild I'm sure AMD would like to forget they made those.
>
>Jeff
>  Be kind to your system administrators...
>  For they are a cranky lot and control the root password.
>
>On Thu, 8 Aug 2002, Ben Luey wrote:
>
> > I just got xine (0.9.13)  working with my new 6x dvd drive 
>(hitachi-2500)
> > and it works, but it is painfully slow and I'd guess no more than 10fps
> > (any way to check?). My hardware is a k6-300, 128meg ram, Diamond viper
> > 330 (nvideo Riva128) and a ASUS-P5A motherboard. Kernel 2.4.8. Xfree 
>4.1.0
> > (mandrake 8.1)
> >
> > When I run xine-check -- I've got three speed problems:
> >
> > * no MTRR my k6-2 is earlier than revision 8 and doesn't support MTRR.
> >
> > * No YUV overlays -- my card uses the nv drive and doesn't support it
> >
> > * no Xvideo support -- again my graphics card.
> >
> > My question is - how much of an upgrade do I need to order to enjoy
> > watching dvd's? (24fps at 1024x768 full screen)? Is it worth just 
>getting
> > a new graphics cards that supports at least XVideo or will that not be
> > enough and do I need to get a new motherbaord/cpu (ie major upgrade). I
> > hate to ask this, but if I installed windows on dual boot, would it do a
> > better job with dvds?
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Ben
> >
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thanks,
jd

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