I have an ATI Radeon 9250 128mb PCI card. When I play fullscreen games, the video is PERFECT. When I try to view DVD's, video downloads or online video, and when I use Internet Explorer, every change in the image or video requires a 1/2 to 1 second refresh of the entire screen. I've messed around with the video card settings for resolution and refresh rate, but have not found a winning combo. Why would video/dvd and everything in Internet Explorer refresh so slow (video is unwatchable!), but full-screen games have such smooth graphics and motion? It seems the game would be more graphics intensive, but they work better... Is there a way I can fix this issue that anyone knows of? I can provide more information if you need.
2007-02-26 05:38:34 · 4 answers · asked by ? 1 in Computers & Internet ➔ Hardware ➔ Other - Hardware
Marketer - This is online video, offline video, even DVD's - the DVD's and these videos all look perfect... Just only get 1-2 frames per second on the video. Again, full-screen games run at 40-50 frames per second, but not video in web browser, windows media player, winamp video player, the PowerDVD that came with my computer - none of them display the video at more than 1-2 frames per second.
2007-02-26 05:49:21 · update #1
Bjorn - I did update the drivers about a month ago, but it did nothing to help the situation. I'm downloading their package again, in case it has been updated, but I don't think this will improve anything, since it did not before...
@Everyone Else - This is *not* just online video - I know the online video can be slow due to bandwith and quality - On my laptop (with an 8mb onboard card and dialup...) I can view the same videos online and off at 30+ frames per second. The desktop here (3.2ghz dualcore 1.5 gigs ram + 128mb aftermarket video card) can barely show the same video at 1-2fps, which is ridiculous.
To clarify: I know that not all *online* video will be immaculate - but this is affecting ALL video - online, offline, and even straight from the DVD in the drive - it's all 1-2 frames per second...
2007-02-26 05:56:10 · update #2
No improvement at all after installing the latest driver package from
http://ati.amd.com/support/drivers/xp/radeon-prer300-xp.html
Is it worth noting that when playing back video/DVD, the system runs at a crawl with high CPU usage, but memory usage is still low...
2007-02-26 06:22:17 · update #3
I came across this on a forum while searching for a solution:
"This happens if you have an ATI video card, anything casting a shadow slows down any other d3d rendering running at the same time. Does not happen with nvidia cards."
I'm not sure as to the truth of it, but maybe it has something to do with my problem?
2007-02-26 07:10:00 · update #4
As a test, I uninstalled ALL drivers for the video card - now videos and DVD play back perfect... But routine tasks like scrolling a webpage, pressing the start menu, and playing Direct3D/OpenGL games doesn't work. It's like one or the other with this thing...
2007-02-26 07:44:43 · update #5
Still no luck. It appears that I may have to deal with not using my new computer for watching DVDs, and make it solely for gaming. Perhaps I should buy another computer exclusively for watching movies?
2007-02-26 10:25:25 · update #6
Hmmm... Good question.
Really all I can suggest is to make sure you have the updated video and chipset drivers for your computer.
Generally, when you have an issue in one area it translates into the other. Which this is not the case with your computer.
If this was simply an issue with the DVD's playing choppy I would suggest enabling DMA on the DVD drive, but that is not the only issue. So I have to assume it is driver related.
Try the new drivers, and if that doesn't help, come back.
2007-02-26 05:48:35 · answer #1 · answered by Bjorn 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-16 13:03:20 · answer #2 · answered by arleta 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The refresh rate in Internet Explorer is limited by the network speed. Video downloading do take a long time as well. After the download the video file is in your computer and can run fast and refresh fast.
There is nothing wrong with your graphic card, I don't think you can do anything about it.
Cheers
2007-02-26 05:47:53 · answer #3 · answered by piggy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
When watching video online, often time the bandwith to views the video causes it to distort.
It lots clearer if you were watching movie offline than online.
Another factor is the person who made the video whether he use a high quality codec program or similar.
2007-02-26 05:42:34 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋