Ok, another question about my new build
I have built my PC with the following:
AMD XP1800+ Processor in appropriate mobo.
750 mb ram (1 x 512, 1x 256)
160GB PATA Hard Drive
A Radeon something or other graphics card
Creative Audigy ZS soundcard
Windows XP Pro
All seems to be working fine and dandy, and it is MUCH faster than my old PC (a P3 700mhz that I never did get to run properly). However, I have one little issue:
When I try and play a DVD movie with Windows Media Player Classic, it plays fine but then 'stutters' every now and then. Basically the screen will freeze for a second or so while the hard drive manically accesses itself, then it will run fine again and the HDD quietens down. Until maybe a few seconds later it will do it again. It does it worse the further you go into a movie (i.e. plays pretty much ok at the beginning but starts to stutter/ freeze towards the end).
I does it more so in the standard Windows Media Player (version 11).
Is my computer too slow to work properly with DVD movies, or am I missing something with the settings? Is 750mb or ram not enough perhaps?
Otherwise the computer is running really well and I'm very happy with it
I have built my PC with the following:
AMD XP1800+ Processor in appropriate mobo.
750 mb ram (1 x 512, 1x 256)
160GB PATA Hard Drive
A Radeon something or other graphics card
Creative Audigy ZS soundcard
Windows XP Pro
All seems to be working fine and dandy, and it is MUCH faster than my old PC (a P3 700mhz that I never did get to run properly). However, I have one little issue:
When I try and play a DVD movie with Windows Media Player Classic, it plays fine but then 'stutters' every now and then. Basically the screen will freeze for a second or so while the hard drive manically accesses itself, then it will run fine again and the HDD quietens down. Until maybe a few seconds later it will do it again. It does it worse the further you go into a movie (i.e. plays pretty much ok at the beginning but starts to stutter/ freeze towards the end).
I does it more so in the standard Windows Media Player (version 11).
Is my computer too slow to work properly with DVD movies, or am I missing something with the settings? Is 750mb or ram not enough perhaps?
Otherwise the computer is running really well and I'm very happy with it