XvMC and HDTV : Is PCI-E preferrable over AGP ?

ubikdood · 08-03-06, 09:27 AM

I have both a 6600 GT and a FX 5500, both are AGP (8x).
I have encountered difficulties while playing MPEG-2 TS HDTV streams with XvMC. CPU is an Athlon 64 3700+ and gets loaded up to 30%, but the rest of the time it's waiting for the card to finish rendering. This leads to the occasional frame drop.

Do you think getting a PCI-Express (16x) card would improve things ?

Thanks in advance.

Dragoran · 08-03-06, 09:29 AM

if you want better hd perfomance I would recommend a dual core cpu
starting @ 150 €/$ (X2 3800+)

08-03-06, 09:27 AM	#1
ubikdood Registered User Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 17	XvMC and HDTV : Is PCI-E preferrable over AGP ? I have both a 6600 GT and a FX 5500, both are AGP (8x). I have encountered difficulties while playing MPEG-2 TS HDTV streams with XvMC. CPU is an Athlon 64 3700+ and gets loaded up to 30%, but the rest of the time it's waiting for the card to finish rendering. This leads to the occasional frame drop. Do you think getting a PCI-Express (16x) card would improve things ? Thanks in advance.

08-03-06, 09:29 AM	#2
Dragoran Registered User Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 711	Re: XvMC and HDTV : Is PCI-E preferrable over AGP ? if you want better hd perfomance I would recommend a dual core cpu starting @ 150 €/$ (X2 3800+)