Aha! That's why--the 800x600 iBook and the 1024x768 Pismo! Fewer pixels to draw ought to make it easier to render.
Austin Leeds Sent from my iPad On Jun 20, 2011, at 12:10 AM, Kris Tilford <[email protected]> wrote: > On Jun 17, 2011, at 6:06 PM, John Carmonne wrote: > >> I wish just once I could see the magic G4 500's that run "You Tube" just >> fine. I have G4's from G4 500, 867, 800, 1.0, 1.2, and 1.25GHz not one of >> them will play a smooth You Tube flick. > > I agree, but it may not be the CPU that's the bottleneck, it might be the GPU > (video card). I've got an overclocked 1.58 GHz Mini that's constricted with > the built-in 32MB Radeon 9200 video card. When the Mini is attached to an > HDTV @ 1920x1080 it stutters and chokes like crazy on almost any higher > resolution video (actually almost all video). If I run at a lower resolution > (say 800x600 stretched) it plays much more smoothly with the same resolution > videos, BUT, the ONLY native resolution that's not "stretched" is 1920x1080. > I interpret this as 1920x1080 being roughly 2MB per frame, so the 32MB video > card has room for about 16 frames, or 1/2 second HD video, so no wonder it > chokes and stutters. I believe if this Mini had a large 128MB or 256MB video > card the playback of video (including YouTube streams) would be significantly > better, perhaps even dead smooth? I believe a slower G4 with a sufficiently > large and fast video card might possibly be a "magic G4", but 500MHz is a > little too slow. A 1.25GHz with a fast & large card might be the "magic G4", > but the need for Leopard will slow that now, so it appears the days of the > "magic G4" are indeed numbered, and soon extinct. > > -- > 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 -- 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
