Graphics blues!!

Discussion in 'Software' started by celebration.of.being, May 30, 2006.

  1. celebration.of.being

    celebration.of.being Private First Class

    hiiiii...

    Well wud b greatful if u cud help me out...

    Problem : My laptop is not able to play the video files properly. The playback is jerky.....graphics do get distorted..stop in between...n all...as if system resources are not enough..

    Configuration :
    Laptop(Lenovo)
    Celeron M processor
    1.4 GHz
    256 MB RAM
    Sis Mirage Graphics

    Using Windows XP SP2

    What are the various possible ways to deal with the issue?
     
    celebration.of.being, May 30, 2006
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  2. Yargwel

    Yargwel MajorGeek

    More RAM. 256Mb isn't a lot especially if you're doing a lot of video stuff.
     
    Yargwel, May 31, 2006
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  3. celebration.of.being

    celebration.of.being Private First Class

    Is 512 sufficient?

    Any other advice...?
     
    celebration.of.being, May 31, 2006
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  4. Yargwel

    Yargwel MajorGeek

    I would say that with XP 512Mb is the minimum you would need. The more the better. :)
     
    Yargwel, May 31, 2006
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  5. celebration.of.being

    celebration.of.being Private First Class

    The video play back is damn jerky...
    Upgrading RAM would suffice?
     
    celebration.of.being, May 31, 2006
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  6. Yargwel

    Yargwel MajorGeek

    It's by far the easiest and cheapest option and yes - it'll will improve things immensely. :)
     
    Yargwel, May 31, 2006
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  7. celebration.of.being

    celebration.of.being Private First Class

    Thanks a lot...

    :)
     
    celebration.of.being, May 31, 2006
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  8. Yargwel

    Yargwel MajorGeek

    No problem. Hope your jerky video becomes a thing of the past. :)
     
    Yargwel, May 31, 2006
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  9. DavidGP

    DavidGP MajorGeeks Forum Administrator - Grand Pooh-Bah Staff Member

    More ram in a laptop that only has 256mb ram ( possibly less as most likely the SIS Graphics is using at least 32mb or more of that shared from main system ram ) like Yargwel said is a must.

    but you could try to close down as many no essential background or running tasks to conserve as much memory as possible.
     
    DavidGP, May 31, 2006
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  10. celebration.of.being

    celebration.of.being Private First Class

    Yes 32 Mb of RAM is being used by Sis Mirage Graphics...

    I have stopped many processes..(Like automatic update..etc)..
    Stopped using Norton..
    Done lot of tweaks for improving performance...

    Guess i will have to upgrade RAM because laptop is still toooo slow..

    :(
     
    celebration.of.being, Jun 2, 2006
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