Video card drivers settings vs. Performance

2004-11-02, 20:09

I found that on my ATI 8500le, and this probably holds true for other ATI cards, that the d3d settings affect MediaPortal directly.
I was experiencing extreme slow downs in the gui although video playback and fullscreen visualsations worked perfectly.
I realised after much troubleshooting that, having 4xfsaa and 16xaa were negatively influencing my MediaPortal experience. As soon as the settings were disabled, everything was a magnitude faster. Running your d3d settings in a MediaPortal dedicated system in the normal "balanced" or even "fast" settings is highly beneficial for performance, and there is no quality lost.

2004-11-12, 17:06

Interesting! Thanks!

2004-11-02, 20:09	#1 (permalink)
Anonymous Guest Posts: n/a	Video card drivers settings vs. Performance I found that on my ATI 8500le, and this probably holds true for other ATI cards, that the d3d settings affect MediaPortal directly. I was experiencing extreme slow downs in the gui although video playback and fullscreen visualsations worked perfectly. I realised after much troubleshooting that, having 4xfsaa and 16xaa were negatively influencing my MediaPortal experience. As soon as the settings were disabled, everything was a magnitude faster. Running your d3d settings in a MediaPortal dedicated system in the normal "balanced" or even "fast" settings is highly beneficial for performance, and there is no quality lost.

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2004-11-12, 17:06	#2 (permalink)
Anonymous Guest Posts: n/a	Interesting! Thanks!