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Reply With QuoteNow if anybody answers that, perhaps somebody could tell me why my Pentium III 600Mhz with 160MB / 8xDVD won't play movies smooth, using the PowerDVD software decoder???
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Can you use jus any decoder card with any drive or are the somewhat specific....or can i jus use software DVD with my celeron 433
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Now if anybody answers that, perhaps somebody could tell me why my Pentium III 600Mhz with 160MB / 8xDVD won't play movies smooth, using the PowerDVD software decoder???
FreznoSmooth, you should be fine. If you have problems, yes, a decoder card will work with any drive.
Fjmedinaa, make sure bus-mastering is enabled in the bios and in Windows.
I forgot to mention I'm using Windows 2000 Pro, how do I do that here? BTW my motherboard is a Gigabyte, if that matters. also, I'll search the DVD Genie...<font face="Verdana, Arial" size="2">Originally posted by Chris Snyder:
Fjmedinaa, make sure bus-mastering is enabled in the bios and in Windows.</font>
I we running an AMD k6-2 400 with a rage 128 card and was getting excellent results. (30% processor usage) I had DMA enabled. I have since upgraded to an MSI K7T motherboard and a duron 700. I still have all of the other components in the system. (except the sound is now on board) Now I get terrible results with dvd. It wouldn't work until i turned of DMA and now it is really choppy. I have tried WinDVD and a Cinemaster decoder which is optomised for a Rage card. Both use about 70% of the cpu. Would a good old fashioned reformat fix this? How can I get DMA to work? Thanks.
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Yeah that's the thing, does anyone know much about this cpu DVD decoding? My Celeron 700 just can't smoothly playback dvd. I have a 32MB Video card, DMA enabled on the drive, and it's still pooh. Grrr. I can't fit another card in it, does anyone suggest an intergrated DVD decoder AGP slot Video Card?
ps I can't find anything here in Oz (west).
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Athlons are a ton better than Pentiums (especially the celeries). Another thing to check: Make sure you have the right driver for your IDE bus. There should be a CD included with the motherboard with proper drivers. Otherwise, check the motherboard manufactorer's website.
all you have to do is get a dvd decoder card such as the hollywood decoder or somthing. you can run dvd's smoothly with a pentium mmx then! all the decoding is done on the board and not on the processor causing your system to work better.
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