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Is a 333 PII enough to run DVD?

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zsouthboy

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I have the chance to get a laptop with said proc in it, and I can buy the DVD drive for it later, but I was wondering whether 333 would be enough. I'll have plenty of RAM.

The full screen display will be 1024x768.


I thought I read in a readme of one of the DVD player softwares that you need at least a 350 PII.


ANyone know and/or tried this?

zs
 
I can't give you a positive answer, but if it does work I'd imagine it would be kinda jumpy. Especially if it wasn't getting any sort of hardware assist.
 
its far from ideal but all you need for smooth dvd playback is A GOOD MPEG2 DECODER CARD (some come with dvd drives - not sure how youd put in laptop tho) or a GOOD GRAPHICS CARD!

most graphic cards nowadays com with fullscreen blabla dvd playback but im not sure if a 333 mhz laptop will feature one...

i wouldnt do it but good luck if you do! 😉
 
that's right... i forgot about those mpeg2 decoding cards(they go in a TYPE II pc card slot btw). I think I'll try it when I get the DVD, and if it's jumpy, I'll buy the card.

Thanx

zs
 
Recommended is a 400Mhz P2. You'll probably be able to pull it off with a few dropped frames, I'd get a DVD Decoder. I can't remember what they are called for laptops, but they are a PCMCIA card.
 
I used to run dvd on a celeron 333mhz chips and an ATI Xpert 98. Worked just fine without a HW card.
 

I tried DVD playback on a P-II 233 (as I remember), with Creative DXR2 decoder, and it looks perfect on TV. A ATI cardwth 2MB memory showed image with corresponding refresh rates, but in 1024x768 16bpp the image had some glitches (probably because of too little video memory). Remember: the TV and monitor were working simultanously.

P.S. Excuse myEnglish, I'm from Romania

Calin
 
The laptop has a 4 meg video card in it already(might be the ati rage), Like I said I'll try it out and if it doesn't work I'll buy the card(they're only 20 bucks on ebay right now!)

zs

<edit> D'oh! Spelling!
 
With ATI video card, P2/333Mhz is more than enough for DVD. According to ATI, P200MMX is enough with Rage128-based video, I think newer Radeon decode DVD at least as well.

Old Rage Pro-based video cards are said to need P2/233 mininmum for DVD playback.
 
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