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<blockquote data-quote="Poko" data-source="post: 263607" data-attributes="member: 39192">I found that MP 0.2.2.0 was really quick, even on a small mini-itx machine. When 0.2.3.0 was released, everything slowed down immensely. Something to do with much heavier reliance on DX9 (which mini-itx machines and older ones don't tend to support as well).Silly thing is, it was just the MP GUI which was slower. Video and music playback was alwasy fine. It's a real shame, as you now need something akin to a Cray supercomputer to run MP smoothly. I personally would like to see a MP GUI which is very light and doesn't rely so much on graphical power to render the GUI. XBMC, for example is a simple Linux box and the GUI is incredibly fast and responsive.For features and functionality, you can't beat MP. Plus, if you're like me, you're comfortable with Windows and can tweak XP to have a footprint of less than 100Mb, with a boot time of less than 20 seconds. I just wish that the MP GUI was a lot lighter!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Poko, post: 263607, member: 39192"] I found that MP 0.2.2.0 was really quick, even on a small mini-itx machine. When 0.2.3.0 was released, everything slowed down immensely. Something to do with much heavier reliance on DX9 (which mini-itx machines and older ones don't tend to support as well). Silly thing is, it was just the MP GUI which was slower. Video and music playback was alwasy fine. It's a real shame, as you now need something akin to a Cray supercomputer to run MP smoothly. I personally would like to see a MP GUI which is very light and doesn't rely so much on graphical power to render the GUI. XBMC, for example is a simple Linux box and the GUI is incredibly fast and responsive. For features and functionality, you can't beat MP. Plus, if you're like me, you're comfortable with Windows and can tweak XP to have a footprint of less than 100Mb, with a boot time of less than 20 seconds. I just wish that the MP GUI was a lot lighter! [/QUOTE]

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