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<blockquote data-quote="xenon2000" data-source="post: 10421">All my old desktops I have used between 400-500Mhz with even cheap video cards, do software DVD decoding just fine. I haven't had any skipping problems at all. Of course when I am watching a DVD, I am just watching a DVD, not doing other things at the same time.Heck, even my 500Mhz laptop with DVDROM plays DVDs via software just fine with a simple ATI integrated graphics chipset.Just posting this because it seems to be a common misconception that things like software DVD, software MP3 and other simple A/V software decoding take a ton of power, and they don't. Granted the CPU % will be very high on a 400-500Mhz cpu for DVD, but I haven't ever had a problem with DVD and MP3 playback on my 500mhz PC and laptops. But if you want to do multiple high cpu task, you definately need more than 500mhz. Just saying that 500mhz can do a ton more than people give credit for. And that with XP installed too. As long as it's not DVDs, I can even do multitasking with Office, IE, MP3, and Divx just fine. Low ram is usually the killer on old computers. My 500mhz has 256 Megs with XP SP2 and it runs great for many things. Of course my 3.0Ghz HT Intel can do a whole lot more..&nbsp; <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="xenon2000, post: 10421"] All my old desktops I have used between 400-500Mhz with even cheap video cards, do software DVD decoding just fine. I haven't had any skipping problems at all. Of course when I am watching a DVD, I am just watching a DVD, not doing other things at the same time. Heck, even my 500Mhz laptop with DVDROM plays DVDs via software just fine with a simple ATI integrated graphics chipset. Just posting this because it seems to be a common misconception that things like software DVD, software MP3 and other simple A/V software decoding take a ton of power, and they don't. Granted the CPU % will be very high on a 400-500Mhz cpu for DVD, but I haven't ever had a problem with DVD and MP3 playback on my 500mhz PC and laptops. But if you want to do multiple high cpu task, you definately need more than 500mhz. Just saying that 500mhz can do a ton more than people give credit for. And that with XP installed too. As long as it's not DVDs, I can even do multitasking with Office, IE, MP3, and Divx just fine. Low ram is usually the killer on old computers. My 500mhz has 256 Megs with XP SP2 and it runs great for many things. Of course my 3.0Ghz HT Intel can do a whole lot more.. :) [/QUOTE]

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