Winfast 2000 XP Tuner - high CPU utilization

[1lossir1]

Hello all - long time lurker, first time poster.

Has anyone experienced super-high CPU utilization with a Leadtek Winfast 2000/XP TV card?

I've had this card for over a year now - ran it in four different computers ranging from a Celeron 1000 to a Dell PowerEdge P4/2.4. OS was W2K, XP Home & XP Pro.

On every PC, the card hogs just about every CPU cycle, and when trying to record/timeshift, it drops a ton of frames (rendering the recording unusuable) and the CPU is constantly at 95% or higher.

I've read so many raves on this card - so I'd like to find out if my situation is unique or what. I'm about ready to toss this card in the trash (recycling, of course....)




-Rob

 

[bendixG15]

Greetings long time ..........

More info

How much memory ??
How many hard drives ??
OS on one drive and record on other drive ????

Also..is it your software settings ???
Too high maybe ????
Have you tried diferent settings ???

Are you recording and playing games at same time.???

Thats enough for now..

 

[1lossir1]

Originally posted by: bendixG15
Greetings long time ..........

More info

How much memory ??
How many hard drives ??
OS on one drive and record on other drive ????

Also..is it your software settings ???
Too high maybe ????
Have you tried diferent settings ???

Are you recording and playing games at same time.???

Thats enough for now..

Since I tried this card in several systems I'll go with the highest-performance system I tried this in.

Dell PowerEdge 400SC
2.4Ghz/1Gb dual channel DDR ECC RAM
80gb 7200RPM 8Mb buffer IDE boot drive
60gb 7200RPM 8Mb buffer IDE recording drive
Nvidia TNT 16Mb AGP card (yeah, I know, it's a low end card but this is an audio/video production computer - not a gaming rig)


I've tried various apps - WinDVR, MsDVR, etc. - and the Leadtek PVR. Latest drivers from Leadtek are installed.

MsDVR doesn't whack the CPU cycles but the video has a ton of dropped frames. On the other apps the CPU utilization goes to Mars when recording, and is unusuable when time shifting (video is jerky on playback and recording).

I'm going to try a different tuner card today and see what happens. Maybe I just got a lemon.