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<blockquote data-quote="SciDoctor" data-source="post: 79953" data-attributes="member: 11346">What ATI Catalyst package are you using for your setup ?Don't be fooled into buying a newer gpu card to early, unless you desperatly have the desire.The RADEON spec gpu from the very first release has enough hardware power to run MP with smooth GUI and low cpu load; use the ATI mpeg codec and the hardware assist in the GPU is excellent.To give examples:dual p3 500MHz with RADEON 8500 WIN2k and CATALYST 6.5. totlal cpu load never exceeds 12-30% unless heavy database activity during EPG grab. TV and MOVIES smooth and look great. (I even have had a p3 celeron 733 running MP but the dual cpu is the smoothest/best)The other extreme is a dual opteron running VISTA RC1 with a first gen RADEON 64vivo: here cpu usage didn't show above 4% within the GUI.If you genuinly have a RADEON spec gpu ensure you have a minimum 64MB allocated (from the bios or CCC for the on board gpu) and CAT 6.5 are very stable and great for pre X800 series ATI cards.If your gpu is SIS then that is your problem as it is a very poor hardware wise.Either buy&nbsp; a good pci gpu or better still junk the MB and get a good MB with on board RADEON gpu and pci express slots (this may even be cheaper)Is this your PC<a href="http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&amp;model=85&amp;l1=1&amp;l2=3&amp;l3=0" target="_blank">http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&amp;model=85&amp;l1=1&amp;l2=3&amp;l3=0</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="SciDoctor, post: 79953, member: 11346"] What ATI Catalyst package are you using for your setup ? Don't be fooled into buying a newer gpu card to early, unless you desperatly have the desire. The RADEON spec gpu from the very first release has enough hardware power to run MP with smooth GUI and low cpu load; use the ATI mpeg codec and the hardware assist in the GPU is excellent. To give examples: dual p3 500MHz with RADEON 8500 WIN2k and CATALYST 6.5. totlal cpu load never exceeds 12-30% unless heavy database activity during EPG grab. TV and MOVIES smooth and look great. (I even have had a p3 celeron 733 running MP but the dual cpu is the smoothest/best) The other extreme is a dual opteron running VISTA RC1 with a first gen RADEON 64vivo: here cpu usage didn't show above 4% within the GUI. If you genuinly have a RADEON spec gpu ensure you have a minimum 64MB allocated (from the bios or CCC for the on board gpu) and CAT 6.5 are very stable and great for pre X800 series ATI cards. If your gpu is SIS then that is your problem as it is a very poor hardware wise. Either buy a good pci gpu or better still junk the MB and get a good MB with on board RADEON gpu and pci express slots (this may even be cheaper) Is this your PC [url]http://www.asus.com/products4.aspx?modelmenu=2&model=85&l1=1&l2=3&l3=0[/url] [/QUOTE]

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