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Hardware requirements for AIW Radeon

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  • Hardware
  • Radeon
  • Graphics
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October 23, 2001 5:58:25 AM

First off, Thanks arsend. I just got the AIW Radeon. You're right on many fronts, on AIW Radeon better than AIW 128, even just for non-3D functions.

What I have:
1.4Ghz T-bird. 256MB SingleDR SDRAM. Iwill KK266Plus Mobo. Maxtor ATA133 7200RPM 40GB. Creative Soundblaster AWE32. AIW Radeon (MMC 7.1, plus latest Radeon drivers).

"Max Quality" (max possible I can set with ATI's DVR software):
Mpeg2; 700+ by 500+ resolution (max); deinterlacing + video masking on (what's this??); Motion Estimation Quality 100%; Motion estimation range (left as defaults, 32 across / 16 down, I think); 8Mbit/s VBR (does VBR really work?); 44,100KHz stereo audio.

Quality is absolutely INDISTINGUISHABLE from source. I've never even seen VHS recording of this quality. Sound? Extremely full, stereo. I just recorded Man in Iron Mask over TV broadcast. Of course, ZERO dropped frames.

CPU-usage:
Fluctuates regularly between 65-85%, ocassionally peaking at 92%.

once again, thanks arsend!

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October 23, 2001 11:28:19 PM

Glad to help you out. If you find yourself recording more stuff, do not hesitate to buy a bigger HD to record to (100GB or More) This will give you even more space to record to. Also, if it available, try and get 2 60 GB HD and place them in a RAID setup (0).

If it works for you then don't fix it.
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