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Date:      Mon, 1 Dec 2003 17:09:12 +0100
From:      dick hoogendijk <dick@nagual.st>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: 100 MHz pentium: can that play avi-file movies?
Message-ID:  <20031201170912.7b18b36d.dick@nagual.st>
In-Reply-To: <3FCAB9B9.9040102@users.sourceforge.net>
References:  <3FCAB9B9.9040102@users.sourceforge.net>

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On Mon, 01 Dec 2003 12:47:05 +0900
Rob <nospam@users.sourceforge.net> wrote:

> 100 MHz pentium with up-to-date FreeBSD-stable;
> would that allow me to play avi-file movies with mplayer
> or equivalent media player?
> 
> Videocard is a Riva TNT2 with 16 Mb.

If you want to *enjoy* the movie in a good resolution and all, the
answer probably will be "NO, you can't do that"

You're videocard is not "good enough" for a fast X driver and your
processor needs an upgrade to at least a P3-300 or up.

-- 
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