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killershroom1985

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What kind of hardware would I need to play a game like Call of Duty 2 at the same time as I run a movie on a seperate monitor through S-video?

I currently have a 7800GT, 1.8 ghz athlon 64, and 1GB of ram. Everytime I try it with this hardware, the video stops working.
 
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One thing for sure, you need another gig of RAM. And I would think a dual core cpu should be seriously considered.
 
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You don't think I just need another video card or something? It plays the sound fine, but the video just goes black. Game doesn't stutter at all.
 
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COD2 is a very taxing game all in its own. I have a 7800gt with 2gbs ram and it pushes my system to the max but I really dont know. I've never seen this question brought up. Your asking a lot from your GPU but like I said its a question I would like to see answered, but im afraid your not going to like the answer
 
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killershroom1985

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Originally posted by: aniruddha23
Is ur brain dual core?

Just curious why u would want to run a movie while playing cod2
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I like running movies in the background while I'm playing. Seeing that my collection of 300+ movies is on the same computer I play games on, there rises the dilemma.
 
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IT CAN BE DONE! barely....
The problem lies in the fact that both programs are trying to run full screen. My rig is in my sig. I was able to run COD2 at 15 fps with Boondock Saints on my tv. The movie looks fine. I had to set COD2 to "Run in window" and I did not maximize the video. I used WMP. When I maximized the movie I got a codec error. I'm not sure if this is b/c my WMP is a little messed up or its a limitation.

EDIT: CPU usage around 60% average of both cores. CPU usage for single core will most likely max out. I am using S-Video to output to TV. Better FPS may be achieved by lowereding setting. I have a large monitor running at 1680x1050 with all the setting maxed out. 16x AA 8x AF....
 
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killershroom1985

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Originally posted by: stu1811
IT CAN BE DONE! barely....
The problem lies in the fact that both programs are trying to run full screen. My rig is in my sig. I was able to run COD2 at 15 fps with Boondock Saints on my tv. The movie looks fine. I had to set COD2 to "Run in window" and I did not maximize the video. I used WMP. When I maximized the movie I got a codec error. I'm not sure if this is b/c my WMP is a little messed up or its a limitation.

EDIT: CPU usage around 60% average of both cores. CPU usage for single core will most likely max out. I am using S-Video to output to TV. Better FPS may be achieved by lowereding setting. I have a large monitor running at 1680x1050 with all the setting maxed out. 16x AA 8x AF....
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Oh, good info! I'll check this out. Thanks!
 
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killershroom1985

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Originally posted by: stu1811
My bad. lol That is for DOD2. I always mix them up. I'll c if I can find a way to put COD2 in window mode.

EDIT: http://www.tweakguides.com/COD2_9.html
There is stuff there on how to run COD2 in widowed mode. GL.
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Yea, unfortunantly I found that earlier. It hasn't worked so far. I type in r_fullscreen 0

I then press enter, exit out, start back up and it is still fullscreen. Anyone know of another way that might work?
 
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stu1811

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I think you need to enter it into the config.cfg or edit the target for the COD2 shortcut. add "+r_fullscreen 0" to the end.
 
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