[mythtv-users] Mythtv playback problem with NVIDIA
videoa cceleration - HELP! (still unsolved)
Brian Stults
bstults at crim.ufl.edu
Fri Apr 1 20:32:55 UTC 2005
Howard Cokl wrote:
> --- Brian Stults <bstults at crim.ufl.edu> wrote:
>
>>Jarod Wilson wrote:
>>
>>>And now with 7174, same box:
>>>
>>>35696 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7139.200 FPS
>>>35680 frames in 5.0 seconds = 7136.000 FPS
>>>
>>>Hopefully, 7174 has rectified all the issues that
>>
>>made 7167 somewhat sill-born
>>
>>>for so many folks...
>>
>>I've never used glxgears before, so I decided to
>>give it a whirl on my
>>frontend. I get *much* smaller numbers:
>>
>>3057 frames in 5.0 seconds = 611.400 FPS
>>3172 frames in 5.0 seconds = 634.400 FPS
>>3162 frames in 5.0 seconds = 632.400 FPS
>>3173 frames in 5.0 seconds = 634.600 FPS
>>
>>Of course, my system is very different from yours,
>>so I'm curious which
>>particular difference between the systems makes the
>>most difference in
>>the rendering speed.
>>
>>I suspect the two most relevant factors are CPU and
>>GPU. First, I only
>>have an Athlon XP 2400. Second, my mobo is a 7NIF2,
>>so I'm using the
>>integrated MX 440. Do both of these have a big
>>influence, or would you
>>say one is more important than the other?
>>
>>I'm curious mostly because I still see some tearing
>>when playing DVDs
>>and I'm wondering if I should upgrade the video card
>>or the CPU. I'm
>>very happy with the current quality of my TV output,
>>though that might
>>change if I switch to HDTV.
>>
>>Thanks.
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> Try cat /proc/drivers/nvidia/agp/status and see if agp
> is enabled.
>
hardin[/home/bs7452]% cat /proc/driver/nvidia/agp/status
Status: Enabled
Driver: AGPGART
AGP Rate: 4x
Fast Writes: Disabled
SBA: Disabled
Looks like it's enabled. Does the other stuff look correct for an MX 440?
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