[X4U] Difference between vid cards

[Michael Elliott]

David,

I think it probably has much more to do with the speed of the  
processor that the speed of your video card.

Michael

On Jan 25, 2009, at 10:19 PM, Crandon David wrote:

> Yes, it does vary according to what/where I'm watching. Definately  
> not related to the speed of the internet connection. I've got a  
> cable modem connection that can download up to 6MB per second.
>
> David
>
>
> On Jan 25, 2009, at 10:02 AM, Linda wrote:
>
>> On 1/25/09 11:37 AM, Crandon David wrote:
>>
>>> In my G4 Dual 500 with 1 gig RAM, I have an nVIDIA GeForce4 MX video
>>> card with 64 MB vRam in an AGP slot. Running the latest 10.4  
>>> software
>>>
>>> Streaming video's from the net are often choppy. Very annoying.
>>>
>>> My cousin has a used white iBook, 1.2GHz, 1 gigRAM with a ATI
>>> Mobiltiy Radeon 9200 4x AGP with 32MB vRam.
>>>
>>> I know this card is a later edition than my card, but less video  
>>> RAM...
>>>
>>> Will I have better luck with video's being non-choppy? If not, how
>>> easy and cheap is it to upgrade the card? If that is indeed the  
>>> problem?
>>
>> Might not be the card, might be a combo of the card and your internet
>> connection and your computer's speed. Video is often choppy on my  
>> 1GHz
>> PowerBook, with a 64MB nVidia GeForce4 440 Go card. Also running  
>> Mac OS X
>> 10.4.
>>
>> It depends on what video I'm trying to watch. Probably depends on  
>> what video
>> your cousin's trying to watch, too. ABC.com is choppier than  
>> hulu.com, for
>> example.
>>
>>
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