Anypple tried Creative Encore or Cinmemaster card. AMD 200 good or no good

rayonline · 18-10-2002, 03:39 PM

As above, was it good or not good?

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rayonline · 18-10-2002, 03:42 PM

Did anyone tried DVD with a Pentium One?? It was bad right??

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antmannz · 18-10-2002, 04:00 PM

I've used a Cinemaster hardware decoder with a P-120. Worked fine.

rayonline · 18-10-2002, 04:06 PM

thanks for ur reply. Did anyone try a P200 without a hardware decoder??
It was crap right??

Raymond

rayonline · 18-10-2002, 07:38 PM

I will get a dvd decoder card on ebay for like ... $10US. the Cinemaster 3 "C" works in win2k and winxp. Or a Hollywood Plus card .... these are $250-350 at Ascent Wellington!! DVD ROM is also cheap too like $40US.

I read w/ the most eff. cinmaster s/w decoder its not enof ... need a pent 1, 233 and a good video card.

Cheers
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antmannz · 19-10-2002, 11:52 AM

I think you might find that a P1 will struggle with a soft decoder, especially at full screen

crozier · 19-10-2002, 12:53 PM

I've got a P133 with an Encore hardware decoder. It works surprisingly well for DVD. It's the decoder that does all the work as opposed to the cpu, so tthe cpu speed doesn't really matter a whole lot. It's a good use for an old PC that would be chucked out otherwise.