MPEG2 playback slow...

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 4:27 pm

Ever since I installed Doom 3, my MPEG2 playback has been slow. I have an ATI Radeon 9000 and I had to install the latest drivers to get Doom 3 to work but are those responsible for my botched up Mpeg2 playback?

Anyway I can fix this before resorting to a system restore? Thanks.

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 8:42 pm

Well, I fixed it.

Although Doom 3 won't look as good anymore, but just as long as it's playable....

Torchlight · Post by **Torchlight** » Thu Aug 05, 2004 9:21 pm

was it the drivers?

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 12:22 am

Torchlight wrote:was it the drivers?

Yeah, had to uninstall them.

bum · Post by **bum** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 2:59 am

try installing a newer/older version of the drivers. email ati about it or check up on some boards. ya may wana check out the modifed drivers on http://omegadrivers.net/

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Fri Aug 06, 2004 4:22 pm

bum wrote:try installing a newer/older version of the drivers. email ati about it or check up on some boards. ya may wana check out the modifed drivers on http://omegadrivers.net/

Wow, those modified drivers not only let me keep my mpeg2 playback, but now lets me play doom 3 on medium settings!

Thanks!

Scarface · Post by **Scarface** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 12:15 am

for real?
i got Radeon 9000 too
did it really work that good?
how much is your cpu?
mine is 1700 without overclocking
and 2400 with overclocking

Castor Troy · Post by **Castor Troy** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 1:36 am

1.5 ghz

Runs a bit choppy but I got used to it.

bum · Post by **bum** » Sat Aug 07, 2004 11:56 am

Castor Troy wrote:
bum wrote:try installing a newer/older version of the drivers. email ati about it or check up on some boards. ya may wana check out the modifed drivers on http://omegadrivers.net/
Wow, those modified drivers not only let me keep my mpeg2 playback, but now lets me play doom 3 on medium settings!

Thanks!

no worries

oh and, ya might wana try overclocking your card a bit to. ati has their own overclocking and tweaking utility called ATI Tray Tools. i managed to overclock my radeon9600se from core324/memory202 to core382/memory260(520mhz ddr) stable. and all ive got is a heatsink over my gpu. no fan, no nothing els. just remember to run the 3dmark01 or 03 game benchmarks over each incrimental speed increase (for example, i increased the memory and core speed by 6.5hmz, ran rdmark01 or 03 to check that thier werent any graphic errors. once they started appearing i went back an incriment, and everything was fine).