300MHz Min for software DVD is bull****
This is a discussion about 300MHz Min for software DVD is bull**** in the Windows Hardware category; Yes it must be true. DMA is enabled, overlay works and PowerDVD is so jerky its unbelieveable, but the sound is fine. WinDVD isn't much better either. Decided to install win98 on a small 500Mb partition to see how it goes.
Yes it must be true. DMA is enabled, overlay works and PowerDVD is so jerky its unbelieveable, but the sound is fine. WinDVD isn't much better either.
Decided to install win98 on a small 500Mb partition to see how it goes. It is absolutly fluid motion. Perfect. Until the CPU overheats after exactly 31mins on "The Matrix". Not to mention the fact that win98 needs at least 4 attempts to recognise the DVD.
550Mhz and win2k is permanently at 100% CPU utilisation, so what is it at 300?
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Decided to install win98 on a small 500Mb partition to see how it goes. It is absolutly fluid motion. Perfect. Until the CPU overheats after exactly 31mins on "The Matrix". Not to mention the fact that win98 needs at least 4 attempts to recognise the DVD.
550Mhz and win2k is permanently at 100% CPU utilisation, so what is it at 300?
Help!-
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The K6-2/3 CPU's just can't decode fast enough for the video to remain in good quality. I myself got a Real Hollywood Plus card, and everything is good. But, I think the problem is the fact that the CPU has poor FPU and no cache on chip like the PII/III/K7 and most of the newer Celerons have. Those CPU's can also manage the memory they use far better as well.
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I must be the lucky owner of one of those K6-II with internal cache (*oooooh!*) which works perfectly with both WinDVD 2000 1.4 and PowerDVD 2.55 but then again I don't have any relative working in AMD so I guess anyone else with a decent mobo and a properly configured OS would get the same results:
K6-II 450Mhz
Epox MVP3G5 1.4 (april 2000)
Geforce DDR
Sblive player 1024
192 Mb RAM 100Mhz
Pioneer DVD 103S
Samsung UDMA2 HD (13 Gb)
Win2K with all updates (no DX8/SP1 beta)
I must be the lucky owner of one of those K6-II with internal cache (*oooooh!*) which works perfectly with both WinDVD 2000 1.4 and PowerDVD 2.55 but then again I don't have any relative working in AMD so I guess anyone else with a decent mobo and a properly configured OS would get the same results:
K6-II 450Mhz
Epox MVP3G5 1.4 (april 2000)
Geforce DDR
Sblive player 1024
192 Mb RAM 100Mhz
Pioneer DVD 103S
Samsung UDMA2 HD (13 Gb)
Win2K with all updates (no DX8/SP1 beta)
