vantinedj
If my commit charge on music videos goes to 100% on 1 GIG mem if I upgrade the memory more say to 2 GIG will this lower my commit charge and possibly stop the hesitating video or will I be wasting money?
Posted Wed 27 Jul 05 @ 4:11 am
vantinedj
I meant the CPU usage sorry...
Posted Wed 27 Jul 05 @ 4:35 am
DJ Cyder
Only a better video card will fix that.
Posted Wed 27 Jul 05 @ 5:23 am
vantinedj
I asked the guy that built this system for me for a better video card and he assured me the 128 would be fine. That is there no difference from the ATI 9250 and a 256 card for music videos. I though they were loaded into memory? Are they loaded into video memory? Becuase they play fine. There is only slight hesitation but noticable when I load a second video in.
Posted Wed 27 Jul 05 @ 5:35 am
JeremK
first try to defrag all your harddisks.
It could imporve the CPU usage.
It could imporve the CPU usage.
Posted Fri 29 Jul 05 @ 1:23 am
vantinedj
Not a defraag issue or CPU issue. Doesn't anyone else have this problem? Happens on every computer I own and tried it on. 2 laptops and 1 powerful rackmount.
Posted Fri 29 Jul 05 @ 2:17 am
djaditya
Try changing the Virutal Memory to lower value..like say 384MB Min and Max-512mb....It is usually by default set to 1768MB...
Posted Sat 30 Jul 05 @ 9:00 am
DJ Cyder
Vantine,
This card is definatly at the lower end of things
Core clock: 240 Mhz
D-SUB: 1
DirectX: DirectX 8
Memory Clock: 400MHz
Memory Interface: 64-bit
OpenGL: OpenGL
PixelPipelines: 4
This card goes for 35 bucks on newegg. Not bad but not great. Lets look at the 6600gt's specs and compare them to the card you have.
Core clock: 500MHz
D-SUB: 1
DirectX: DirectX 9
DVI: 1
Memory Clock: 1000MHz
Memory Interface: 128-bit
This card goes for 150 on new egg.
As it should the memory interface and speed are almost double. For better video performace you need a better card so your cpu doesn't have to work so hard then wait on the gpu as much.
This card is definatly at the lower end of things
Core clock: 240 Mhz
D-SUB: 1
DirectX: DirectX 8
Memory Clock: 400MHz
Memory Interface: 64-bit
OpenGL: OpenGL
PixelPipelines: 4
This card goes for 35 bucks on newegg. Not bad but not great. Lets look at the 6600gt's specs and compare them to the card you have.
Core clock: 500MHz
D-SUB: 1
DirectX: DirectX 9
DVI: 1
Memory Clock: 1000MHz
Memory Interface: 128-bit
This card goes for 150 on new egg.
As it should the memory interface and speed are almost double. For better video performace you need a better card so your cpu doesn't have to work so hard then wait on the gpu as much.
Posted Sat 30 Jul 05 @ 9:30 am
vantinedj
Cyder,
Don't care about the $$$ too much. How hard is it to put in a video card? I am computer literate a bit but never changed a video card. Can you reccomend an easy one to put in that will do the trick with any issues I am having. I had this computer built for me from someone reccomended from the boards. Had issues. Had to send it back. Asked for a now video card. Even offered to pay for more of a video card. Was told this is all I need when I left it up to that person (don't won't to name names because he did seem to try very hard) Can you please direct me a bit on what to buy if you wanted a kick ass video playing system. There are many 6600 GT's. Wouldn't want to go much more that $300.00 since I am already in about $3k and don't even have this ready to go yet. Thanks as always for the help..
Don't care about the $$$ too much. How hard is it to put in a video card? I am computer literate a bit but never changed a video card. Can you reccomend an easy one to put in that will do the trick with any issues I am having. I had this computer built for me from someone reccomended from the boards. Had issues. Had to send it back. Asked for a now video card. Even offered to pay for more of a video card. Was told this is all I need when I left it up to that person (don't won't to name names because he did seem to try very hard) Can you please direct me a bit on what to buy if you wanted a kick ass video playing system. There are many 6600 GT's. Wouldn't want to go much more that $300.00 since I am already in about $3k and don't even have this ready to go yet. Thanks as always for the help..
Posted Sat 30 Jul 05 @ 6:41 pm
DJ Cyder
First we need to know what kind of slot is on your motherboard for graphics
either agp or pci express
either agp or pci express
Posted Sat 30 Jul 05 @ 7:40 pm
vantinedj
motherboard is a ati rs480m2 & ati sb400 chipset with AMD k8 athalon 64 fx processor.
Posted Sat 30 Jul 05 @ 8:29 pm
DJ Cyder
Well the card i would get is here
http://www.newegg.com/OldVersion/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-122-209&depa=1
this card is totally awesome and i've never see it this cheap before.
an alternative is here
http://www.newegg.com/OldVersion/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-122-201&depa=1
And the best money can buy is here
http://www.newegg.com/OldVersion/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-125-195&depa=1
http://www.newegg.com/OldVersion/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-122-209&depa=1
this card is totally awesome and i've never see it this cheap before.
an alternative is here
http://www.newegg.com/OldVersion/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-122-201&depa=1
And the best money can buy is here
http://www.newegg.com/OldVersion/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=14-125-195&depa=1
Posted Sat 30 Jul 05 @ 9:01 pm
vantinedj
How difficult are they to install?
Posted Sat 30 Jul 05 @ 10:06 pm