[mythtv-users] Mythtv playback problem with NVIDIA videoa cceleration - HELP! (still unsolved)

Howard Cokl hojoloco at yahoo.com
Fri Apr 1 15:43:05 UTC 2005


--- Brian Stults <bstults at crim.ufl.edu> wrote:
> Jarod Wilson wrote:
> > On Tuesday 29 March 2005 09:52, Jarod Wilson
> wrote:
> >>>Can't wait to bench my new workstation -- Athlon
> 64 3500, PCI-Exp.
> >>>GeForce 6600GT. :-)
> >>
> >>For the record, just did bench it. Kinda snappy:
> >>
> >>31203 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6240.600 FPS
> >>31111 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6222.200 FPS
> >>30740 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6148.000 FPS
> >>31442 frames in 5.0 seconds = 6288.400 FPS
> >>
> >>That's w/the 7167 drivers on RHEL4 x86_64.
> > 
> > 
> > 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.


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