On Fri, 22 Feb 2002 09:23:17 Nikhil Joshi wrote: > >6215 is still not (auto) detected. Also gui's like GNOME and KDE (I guess >you are using one of them ) aren't the lightest of desktops around. >
How does that affect movie players? GNOME/KDE not light as in they require more system RAM. That shouldn't have much to do with VRAM. SiS cards, even if detected (like 6326), are driven by the SVGA X Server, instead of the Accelerated X Server. That's what causes the performance lag. Also, w/o hardware acceleration for video, the CPU speed also comes into picture along with the system load. >I have the same card and making X window run in 16 bit is a huge achievement >. Playing movies.... >are you sure you want to do this ? ;-) Why not? My Athlon 600 MHz w/ a 4MB SiS 6326 plays movies fine as long as they're under 640x480 pixels. I run GNOME @ 1024x768x16 resolution. OK, the next one may be hard to digest but it's true - I could even play Quake II thru wine @ 640x480x16 without getting the jerks! > >My opinion >Movies: Best watched in theatres or on Xing Player ;-) > Echoed, sans the Xing (or your fav. player here) Player. --- Tahir Hashmi (VSE, NCST) http://tahirhashmi.scriptmania.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________ We, the rest of humanity, wish GNU luck and Godspeed _______________________________________________ http://mm.ilug-bom.org.in/mailman/listinfo/linuxers
