Performance with EPIA SP 13000...

burbam · 2005-06-27, 11:24

...and a Dvico FusionHDTV DVB-T Plus.

Just viewing SDTV at the moment in a window :

FusionHDTV (and codec) that comes with the card uses ~ 50%.
DNTV Live! using Intervideo codecs from WinDVD 7 ~ 20-30%
Media Portal standing around doing nothing but looking pretty ~ 20%
Media Portal with Intervideo (Overlay) ~ 40-50%

I don't understand how MediaPortal is put together, but I was surprised to see it consume 20% CPU when it's just sitting there (was just at the MyTV screen with the TV off). Thought it would idle along, which of course it does with anyone running a regular AMD/Intel HTPC, but these little EPIAs are a different story.

Not surprisingly, if I disable DxVA, poor little CPU works hard (100%), and the display gets the stutters.

I look forward to 0.1.3.x to see if the bright lads have found some performance improvements.

But anyway, that's SDTV sorted for me, next is to see if I can get MPEG4 to use the EPIA's hardware.

FlipGer · 2005-06-27, 11:52

Hi,

MP uses DirectX9 technologies like a game. Since the integrated VIA graphics card has very poor DirectX9 support, the CPU has do do much work, just displaying MP...

Flip.

burbam · 2005-06-27, 14:29

Champion, that fills the knowledge gap.

So that'll mean I'll only have 80% to play with using MP. Things I should have researched before getting this mobo!

If MPG4 plays ok, then that'll do... I haven't been tempted to MCE yet (although I did acquire the remote), and I'd need to be super-keen to go down the linux path, although I have heard good things about EPIOS. Apparently great hardware support for the EPIA boards.

Thanks for the DX9 info.

2005-06-27, 11:24	#1 (permalink)
burbam Portal User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canberra Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Performance with EPIA SP 13000... ...and a Dvico FusionHDTV DVB-T Plus. Just viewing SDTV at the moment in a window : FusionHDTV (and codec) that comes with the card uses ~ 50%. DNTV Live! using Intervideo codecs from WinDVD 7 ~ 20-30% Media Portal standing around doing nothing but looking pretty ~ 20% Media Portal with Intervideo (Overlay) ~ 40-50% I don't understand how MediaPortal is put together, but I was surprised to see it consume 20% CPU when it's just sitting there (was just at the MyTV screen with the TV off). Thought it would idle along, which of course it does with anyone running a regular AMD/Intel HTPC, but these little EPIAs are a different story. Not surprisingly, if I disable DxVA, poor little CPU works hard (100%), and the display gets the stutters. I look forward to 0.1.3.x to see if the bright lads have found some performance improvements. But anyway, that's SDTV sorted for me, next is to see if I can get MPEG4 to use the EPIA's hardware.

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2005-06-27, 11:52	#2 (permalink)
FlipGer Super Moderator Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Leipzig, Germany Age: 33 Posts: 2,065 Thanks: 12 Thanked 30 Times in 23 Posts Country: My System	Hi, MP uses DirectX9 technologies like a game. Since the integrated VIA graphics card has very poor DirectX9 support, the CPU has do do much work, just displaying MP... Flip.

2005-06-27, 14:29	#3 (permalink)
burbam Portal User Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Canberra Posts: 2 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Champion, that fills the knowledge gap. So that'll mean I'll only have 80% to play with using MP. Things I should have researched before getting this mobo! If MPG4 plays ok, then that'll do... I haven't been tempted to MCE yet (although I did acquire the remote), and I'd need to be super-keen to go down the linux path, although I have heard good things about EPIOS. Apparently great hardware support for the EPIA boards. Thanks for the DX9 info.