I would like your opinions on how I should expect DVD's to run on my computer setup. I have watched DVD's on my cousins computer (p3-650, voodoo3, 256meg RAM) and they jerk every second or so. This is not good enough for my viewing pleasure. I heard that a decent or relatively new video card (such as mine) can significantly help performance. I will be buying a 16x DVD drive as it's prob not worth getting one under this speed. Am I in for a smooth or close to it ride? Any tips, experiences ect most welcomed and appreciated.
My specs inlcude:
Athlon 600
Asus K7M motherboard
64 Meg GForce2mx 400
256 megs RAM
60 gig IBM 7200rpm hard drive
Soundblaster Live 5.1 DE
Windows XP pro
I will be using windows media player 8 to play the DVD's as I will likely get my dvd drive as OEM. However what is the least resource hungry software dvd player which could help with performance?
I'll be stoked if this setup is good enough as I won't be upgrading for ages. MAD MAX here I come!
Technology comes in 3 sizes - small, medium and RETRO!
My specs inlcude:
Athlon 600
Asus K7M motherboard
64 Meg GForce2mx 400
256 megs RAM
60 gig IBM 7200rpm hard drive
Soundblaster Live 5.1 DE
Windows XP pro
I will be using windows media player 8 to play the DVD's as I will likely get my dvd drive as OEM. However what is the least resource hungry software dvd player which could help with performance?
I'll be stoked if this setup is good enough as I won't be upgrading for ages. MAD MAX here I come!
Technology comes in 3 sizes - small, medium and RETRO!