[mythtv-users] PIII 450-frontend: too slow?

[Bob]

Al Bogner wrote:
> Am Freitag, 10. März 2006 19:24 schrieb Big Wave Dave:
> 
>> I have a PIII 550, and it works great.  One thing that helps a lot is
>> having an nvidia card with XVMC.
> 
> I have a P II 450 too and I notice a big difference with xine. With the P III 
> the video with xine is flawless, but with the P II not.
> 
> Maybe the reason is the graphics-adapter. I hate this Radeon 7000 VE, since it 
> made a lot of problems, but it looks like the driver has become better, than 
> years before and now it works even with 3D. Do you think a Geforce 2 MX 
> should be better? 

No, see this thread
http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/users/185377?#185377
you need a GF 5200 or similar.
The other thing is they are working on XvMC for ATI cards so who knows, 
one day...
http://airlied.livejournal.com/17114.html