[mythtv-users] Nvidia 8174 driver released

[Curtis Stanford]

On Dec 7, 2005, at 9:15 PM, Tj wrote:

> Greg Grotsky wrote:
>
>> Just confirming more of the same: I updated to 8174 as well and I  
>> played
>> back "Star Wars II" (broadcast a couple weeks ago), it was  
>> broadcast in
>> 1280x720.  I played it back over a 10 minute period and saw solid  
>> 100% cpu
>> usage (AMD64 939pin 3200+, 5700 ultra) and occasional hiccups in  
>> the video.
>> I reverted back to 7676 and cpu usage dropped to 50% during the  
>> same 10
>> minute selection, without a stutter.  Tis' a shame, I liked the  
>> DPI option
>> they threw in there, much better than guessing with the crappy mm  
>> numbers.
>> :)
>>
> add another 8174 woe:
>
> I enabled XvMC option, play video first time, no problems. Play  
> video second time, entire machine froze.

8174 works great for me (using DVI). XvMC works on HD without  
stuttering like 7676 did. Uses about 25% CPU. No complaints here.  
Using FX5500.

Curtis