[mythtv-users] Core 2 Duo iMac, terrible performance as front end

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Fri Jan 30 15:31:31 UTC 2009


On Thu, Jan 29, 2009 at 10:17:45PM -0500, Raymond Wagner wrote:
> Matt Emmott wrote:
>> I must be doing something wrong - I just picked up a 20 inch iMac with  
>> a 2.4GHZ Core 2 Duo, 2GB RAM and ATI mobility HD 2400 video, and I  
>> can't get reliably good playback on the thing.
>
> A 2.4Ghz C2D should handle just about anything you're going to throw at  
> it.  The problem is that ATI card.  ATI graphics support under Linux is  
> relatively horrible.  Drivers exist, but often don't work properly.  If  
> Xv is not working, you will struggle to play video at decent resolutions.

     The AppleTV (nv based) and the Mini (Intel based) both seem to do 
well enough. I quickly dumped ATI after using it on my first dedicated
frontend and will never use their stuff again.


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