Updating my G-4 466 DA . . . finally! =8-/ — #8

Post #8 by Dan 7.1

Source Forum	68kMLA
Category	Troubleshooting
Post Date	Sun, 12 Apr 2009 - 05:53
Original URL	https://68kmla.org/bb/threads/updating-my-g-4-466-da-finally-8.17099/

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Huh? Obviously one shouldn't expect to play 1080p video on any G4, nevermind a 466MHz one with a Rage 128 video card. I didn't get the impression that was what Trash80 was planning on doing, though. If all you are trying to do is browse the web and use the HD TV as a stand-in for a monitor, you don't need anything beefy to drive it.
For the record, playback of MPEG-4 video (roughly 480i) on my dual 533 MHz G4 (a Digital Audio) with a Radeon 9000 worked flawlessly at 720p.

Peace,

Drew

Depends on the source. I have a dual 1GHz quicksilver with 1.5GB RAM and a GeForce 4 Ti 4600 and trying to watch Hulu's 480p option brings the machine to its knees. It will do 480 video just fine if its from Quicktime or an AVI file in VLC, but flash-based players just kill it. Although that is not really unexpected I suppose.