Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 10:51:56 +0800 From: Ariff Abdullah <skywizard@MyBSD.org.my> To: Mark Kane <mark@mkproductions.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Performance Issues with AMD64 3000+, 1.5GB RAM, FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE Message-ID: <20050830105156.1b1bc058.skywizard@MyBSD.org.my> In-Reply-To: <4313AA91.7070301@mkproductions.org> References: <430D3823.9070301@mkproductions.org> <20050825160909.GB10134@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <430DF015.5000203@mkproductions.org> <20050825173758.GA10790@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <430E0461.3030101@mkproductions.org> <20050826174002.GA16044@xor.obsecurity.org> <430F5C0B.3@mkproductions.org> <20050827030750.6243acd9.skywizard@MyBSD.org.my> <430F6AB1.2040306@mkproductions.org> <20050827043808.03cbe4dd.skywizard@MyBSD.org.my> <43109A36.1050209@mkproductions.org> <4310B308.1050202@mkproductions.org> <20050828064735.7c3a5388.skywizard@MyBSD.org.my> <4313AA91.7070301@mkproductions.org>
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On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:38:41 -0500 Mark Kane <mark@mkproductions.org> wrote: > Ariff Abdullah wrote: > > On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 13:38:00 -0500 > > Mark Kane <mark@mkproductions.org> wrote: > > > >>Mark Kane wrote: > >>I do notice that when doing some things like using unrar to extract > >>a file or loading a video into video encoding software I do get > >>some of the same little crackles and static in the audio. I didn't > >>notice this static/crackling ever before applying that first patch. > >>I am still skip/stutter free though :). > >> > >>Might the second patch help the crackling/static? > >> > >> > > > > Perhaps. You should give it a try. There is another issue as well > > (such as PCI latency timer), but only after you applied all those > > suggested patches. > > Okay I applied the second patch. Still whenever unrarring a file or > loading big files from a drive I do hear little static in the audio, but > it's not bad at all. > > But the initial problem of the skipping and stuttering is fixed so I am > very happy :). > PCI latency issue comes in mind (which pretty common within VIA universe). http://staff.mybsd.org.my/skywizard/FreeBSD/sound/pcmutils/pcilattimer Play around with its latency timer value (increase) and see whether that could make things better. -- Ariff Abdullah MyBSD http://www.MyBSD.org.my (IPv6/IPv4) http://staff.MyBSD.org.my (IPv6/IPv4) http://tomoyo.MyBSD.org.my (IPv6/IPv4)
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