Improve 2d performance

[tjcinnamon]

Is there any way possible to improve the graphic quality for an application without using a traditional graphics card (GeForce 8600GS)?

It seems when I turn hardware acceleration off on my graphics card to turn off the the video overlay the quality degrades of the video degrades, which makes sense.

Is there a graphics card out there which does not use overlays to display graphics, would a 2d card help?

Or is there a card to help aid the OS in displaying the traditional graphics without a card?

Or is there any method I can use to somehow improve the quality without without a graphics card at all? The CPU is running at 15% and the quality is still shoddy, so I don't think it's a Processor speed problem.

Thanks, JOe K.

P.S. sorry about the redundant questions regarding overlays. I just gotta get this problem fixed.

 

[IlllI]

might be helpful if you say which application/program and what you specifically want to do

 

[tjcinnamon]

Sorry about the lack of clarity,

The PVR program I'm using is Hauppauges WinTV2000, and the screen recorder software I am using is SnagIt 8 (a slim down version of camtasia), I also bought an independent developers software called ScreenVirtuoso (a slimed down version of Mr. Captor).

The problem is:

I am running a TV Card into my computer and then into some PVR software. I then use a screen recorder utility to record the PVR output (I want to record data from the timeshift, which no PVR software supports).

The problem is all PVR software uses a video overlay to display the graphics. When an overlay is used the desktop recorder records the blank space created by the desktop which is used to accept the data from the graphics card. If I turn off hardware acceleration (and in turn the overlay) off then an overlay is not used and I can record.

The problem with the disabled hardware acceleration is the video quality is not good, and the play back is choppy.

I want to somehow turn off the overlay (so I can record) but still have a quality image.

I'm not sure whether a 2d card would help or not.

Thanks, JOe K.

 

[IlllI]

well that could be a hardware problem, but seems more like software issues.

might get better help asking in the audio/video & home theater forum or possibly the software forum.