You would have much better luck with a graphics card, I'd say pick one up from a local retailer with a 30 day return exchange policy, give it a shot and see how it works for you. Also use a more lightweight window manager, KDE is much extra bloat that you dont need running on such a weak frontend.
On Mon, 21 Mar 2005 09:56:45 -0000, Mike Curtis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I had a PII 400 MHz system given to me and I wonder if the more > knowledgeable among the group could advise me. > > The CPU supports only MMX1 > The M/B has the SIS 620 Chipset > The M/B has onboard graphics (Using 8MB Main Memory) > Total memory fitted as of now 128MB > (Myth-Suite 0.17) > > X/KDE runs fine with no visual defects but display of live TV and > recorded TV from my existing Backend, stutters with prebuffer pauses and > there is a broad Mauve vertical bar on the right side of the screen > > I would like to use this as a remote Frontend > > Would I be better off using a PCI Graphics card (if so any > recommendations) > > Or am I wasting my time? > > Mike > > > _______________________________________________ > mythtv-users mailing list > [email protected] > http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users > > > _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
