On Jan 3, 11:16 am, Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes it DOES have to do with the video card. 10.4 offloads a bunch of > processing to the video GPU if possible (and it's not just Core Video stuff). > > Streaming video is MUCH more CPU intensive than DVD playback. (This was > covered in exhaustive detail on this list a month or so back), so anything > that can be moved to the much-faster GPU really makes a difference. > > Also a Geforce 6200 is a much newer card than a GeForce3, iirc.
Interesting. I thought the reason that VLC handles video playback on older Macs (this is true, right?) was that it offloaded a lot of video processing to the video card, whereas iTunes/Quicktime did not. Have I been misinformed? Eric -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
