From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org ([208.92.234.80] helo=lists.gentoo.org) by finch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.60) (envelope-from ) id 1P87wd-0001hL-Fj for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:53:19 +0000 Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 058BEE0720; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:52:11 +0000 (UTC) Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com (out1.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF297E0720 for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 08:52:10 +0000 (UTC) Received: from compute1.internal (compute1.nyi.mail.srv.osa [10.202.2.41]) by gateway1.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1758329; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 04:52:10 -0400 (EDT) Received: from frontend2.messagingengine.com ([10.202.2.161]) by compute1.internal (MEProxy); Tue, 19 Oct 2010 04:52:10 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha1; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=messagingengine.com; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:mime-version:to:subject:references:in-reply-to:content-type; s=smtpout; bh=7wa2iEdZPBfQJR40px3rFhNvTNs=; b=RFczpk4t7PyAWKW+53Vmjsol+DzJM43LifMa9PoW1m2iVQZjhiOm7OWfu2xPG3WTu1IxEVYCK5ZTIV3kI4g/dBYlRoGvuLi9zRzSFONKk8XyS7Wrg+Ok2ahcYYv2mjxNy31hqhmASnfWh+aqpddbbhPB9nrPzjq2IfuNOrmFqgA= X-Sasl-enc: AfNQ0Cw0lMIKBi3DP8x0XTWMu/p/3EzPuy6HXDwmHF8r 1287478329 Received: from [192.168.5.18] (lvps83-169-5-6.dedicated.hosteurope.de [83.169.5.6]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id B59745E47C4 for ; Tue, 19 Oct 2010 04:52:08 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: <4CBD5C2F.40207@f_philipp.fastmail.net> Date: Tue, 19 Oct 2010 10:51:59 +0200 From: Florian Philipp User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux x86_64; en-US; rv:1.9.2.9) Gecko/20101002 Lightning/1.0b3pre Thunderbird/3.1.3 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Upgrading from FX-5200 to a GeForce 6200 512MB References: <4CBD4C85.2010500@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4CBD4C85.2010500@gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 1.1.2 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig5BE12B8AED4B678F4B0C307E" X-Archives-Salt: 3eb63eca-cacf-4f3b-b765-be4745318114 X-Archives-Hash: acc9372fc4e45bc45fb78aab0af91eed This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig5BE12B8AED4B678F4B0C307E Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Am 19.10.2010 09:45, schrieb Dale: > Hi, >=20 > I am thinking of upgrading from a FX-5200 with 128Mb video card to a > GeForce 6200 with 512MB. It will be AGP since this is a older rig. My= > system is something like this: >=20 > Mobo: Abit NF7 2.0 > CPU: AMD 2500+ No overclocking > Memory: 2Gbs of 333Mhz. > Monitor: Gateway 19" running 1280 x 1024 >=20 > I think my memory is fine, it never uses all of it, or even half of it,= > except for caching stuff. I may try to get a 3000+ or 3200+ CPU if I > can run up on a good deal. I'm thinking of doing the video card first > because it is cheaper. I have also noticed that playing movies on here= > is getting a bit slow if I go full screen or close to full screen. I'= m > bad to download from youtube and then play them locally full screen or > as close as it will allow. >=20 > I do use the nvidia drivers. Currently: >=20 > nvidia-drivers-173.14.25 >=20 > I'm on that one because I think I need to upgrade my kernel to use the > latest one that was recently put in the tree. I'm looking at this card= : >=20 > http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=3DN82E16814133328 >=20 > What kind of improvement can I expect from this video card upgrade?=20 > While I am at it, the CPU upgrade won't make that much difference > right? Maybe 20% or so faster or something like that? >=20 Hi Dale, first and foremost, a newer card will allow you to use the newest driver series (195.*.*) which is always a good thing ;) It also gives you more texture units. You can use these to transfer more work to your GPU (mostly scaling and such). Take a look at `man mplayer` section '-vo gl' for a list of options. VLC has similar options, I think. I don't know about gstreamer or xine. I could be wrong but I don't think that adobe-flash uses these options. That is probably part of the problem why flash is so much slower on GNU/Linux than on Windows. If my assumption is true, you are better off buying a faster CPU. You could also test how gnash performs. Since it uses ffmpeg (AFAIK) it might be worth a try. Please take my advices with a big dose of salt. While I still run an old desktop with nearly identical specs, I almost never use Youtube and therefore have no experience with that. Hope this helps, Florian Philipp --------------enig5BE12B8AED4B678F4B0C307E Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.16 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org/ iEYEARECAAYFAky9XDIACgkQqs4uOUlOuU/FoQCeM/RMMZ0PwEf9T7plKmcD1zaV DXYAnRs/AzIi7ZTzYxX40r7CLe3ryRNC =VDN6 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig5BE12B8AED4B678F4B0C307E--