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on the topic of laptop graphics... - bazookaman - 05-16-2007
Is the graphics chip in my G3 800 mhz ibook really so bad as to not even display the Bionic Woman trailer w/o stuttering and stopping?
I figured its just old, but i thought i would ask to see if its oldness or something actually wrong with my computer.
Re: on the topic of laptop graphics... - iaJim - 05-16-2007
I think the computer is just too slow. There are usually minimum requirements listed with those sites. I know my G4 500 Powerbook is too old and slow to work well.
Re: on the topic of laptop graphics... - MacMagus - 05-16-2007
All but the fastest G3s will stutter when playing even half-decent video files made with modern codecs.
Re: on the topic of laptop graphics... - bazookaman - 05-16-2007
ah well. I'll just stick to watching videos on my G5...until thats too slow for modern codecs too!
Re: on the topic of laptop graphics... - BigGuynRusty - 05-16-2007
G3 has no AltiVec.
BGnR
Re: on the topic of laptop graphics... - Racer X - 05-16-2007
bingo. AltiVec was about a 75% speed improvement on encoding video on my B&W G3/450 when I put in a G4/500 zif. Maybe 10% was the extra 50 mhz. The rest was AltiVec.
Decoding is also about that much faster.
Re: on the topic of laptop graphics... - M A V I C - 05-16-2007
Yeah, but if you have a good GPU, CPU doesn't have as big of an impact.
Re: on the topic of laptop graphics... - Racer X - 05-17-2007
maybe, but my car is bigger than your car.