From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 30 02:58:53 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B71F916A41F for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 02:58:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mark@mkproductions.org) Received: from ylpvm29.prodigy.net (ylpvm29-ext.prodigy.net [207.115.57.60]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3686043D45 for ; Tue, 30 Aug 2005 02:58:53 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mark@mkproductions.org) Received: from pimout3-ext.prodigy.net (pimout3-int.prodigy.net [207.115.4.218]) by ylpvm29.prodigy.net (8.12.10 outbound/8.12.10) with ESMTP id j7U2whbS001615 for ; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 22:58:43 -0400 X-ORBL: [66.139.109.225] Received: from [192.168.1.25] (ppp-66-139-109-225.dsl.stlsmo.swbell.net [66.139.109.225]) by pimout3-ext.prodigy.net (8.13.4 outbound domainkey aix/8.13.4) with ESMTP id j7U2woxB275320; Mon, 29 Aug 2005 22:58:51 -0400 Message-ID: <4313CB6A.6000603@mkproductions.org> Date: Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:58:50 -0500 From: Mark Kane User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.6 (X11/20050816) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Ariff Abdullah 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> <20050830105156.1b1bc058.skywizard@MyBSD.org.my> In-Reply-To: <20050830105156.1b1bc058.skywizard@MyBSD.org.my> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Performance Issues with AMD64 3000+, 1.5GB RAM, FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 30 Aug 2005 02:58:53 -0000 Ariff Abdullah wrote: > On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:38:41 -0500 > Mark Kane wrote: > >>Ariff Abdullah wrote: >> >>>On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 13:38:00 -0500 >>>Mark Kane 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. Well this is an nForce3 chipset, but I will look into the script. Thanks -Mark