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RE: Re: XP vs MCE2005
- Subject: RE: Re: XP vs MCE2005
- From: "Phil Harris" <phil@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2005 17:11:01 -0000
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Keith Finnett [mailto:keith@xxxxxxx]
> Sent: 29 January 2005 16:17
> To: ukha_d@xxxxxxx
> Subject: [ukha_d] Re: XP vs MCE2005
>
> Phil, this tallies with some lab benchmarks done in terms of
> relative performance of a P4/PM. They showed that using the
> on-board GPU the M was swamped and consequently ran like a
> dog. Put in a half decent graphics card, and it's fine.
In the playing back that I've done so far of WMV-HD material on the lappy
it
has not at any point been swamped - task manager has never shown more than
about 60% load on any of it.
> Therefore a 256MB desktop card (one without fan) should be
> more than adequate, all things being equal. I say should, as
> i've not yet tried it....
Yup - I have a 256Mb fanless ATi card in my HTPC and it hasn't barfed on
anything that I've thrown at it yet.
Phil
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