Sounds like you need an AGP card. Seems your computer isn't using it's abilities to take load off of your CPU.
On Tue, 28 Dec 2004 23:44:43 -0800, Chris Germano <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's the deal with two of my geforce cards: > > 1. P4 1.8ghz box with love sources 2.6.7 on it running gentoo. I have Xorg > 6.7... installed. > > -With my PCI geforce card and hacked 4363 2.6 drivers (official nvidia's > hacked to work in 2.6) X will start but whenever I watch a recording I get > mythfrontend 15% X: 20% cpu usage on playback. There is absolutely no > reasoning for X using that much cpu and it's causing live tv to stutter > because it doesn't have enough CPU power to record and playback. > > -When I placed my AGP card in here X calmed back down to 2-3% or whatever > and everything was perfect. > > -I upgraded to the official 6111 nvidia driver through the ebuilds (glx and > kernel) and X won't start when the PCI card is in there! Here is my Xorg > output: http://paste.getlinuxhelp.org/376 > > 2. AMD Athlon 2400XP+ with a mini shuttle box running gentoo and xorg 6.8 > -Bought a new Geforce 4 4000 card AGP, stuck it in and when it's booting all > ic through the tv out is black and white text. The screen can't even hold > the picture signal lock. When the nvidia driver (official one through the > ebuilds, prob 6111) the picture comes back and is perfect. I'm running > through the Svideo out and i tried it through composite. This problem is > only on boot -> X or whenever I switch to a terminal ie ctrl alt F2.. so > whenever I leave X it screws up!! Ideas? > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > -- ------------------------------------------------ I have one Gmail invite left, email me to grab it!
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