DVD decoder and MAX

[Dyre]

I just got a great deal on a DVD decoder card and was wondering if it was going to work with my G400 MAX and SB AWE32. The decoder card is a Creative Labs unit.

Any body try this yet. If it doesnt work. ohh well i only paid 10 bucks for it.

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PIII 450 @ 464
generic BX6 motherboard
G400 MAX : )
Maxtor 13 gig UDMA 33
Maxtor 13 gig UDMA 66
Creative 36x CD-ROM
HP 2x2x6x CD-RW
64 megs PC100 RAM
Intel 10/100
Soundblaster 32 AWE
DiamondMAX 56k
Logitech Wireless Desktop (best $50 ive ever spent)
4 large fans.

[Echo|Fox]

If the aforementioned great deal is a Dxr unit (not Dxr2 or Dxr3 which are ok) its not exactly a great deal =)
The picture quality is TRULY horrible. Local computer shop was clearing them out for $99 canadian with a 2x dvd drive, but even that wasn't worth it. Software DVD decoding looks better.
Sorta reminds me of the S3 3D decelerators back in the old days .. <Grin>
Irregardless, you shouldn't have any problem at all. Obviously you can't do DVDmax with it, but if its a good DVD decoder, it will lighten the CPU load and should give you better image quality.

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P3-450@558mhz@2.1v, ABit BE6, 128megs 7.3125ns PC133 SDRAM, SB Live! Value, G400 32meg Dualhead (@120%), Acer ALN-201 PCI 10bT NIC, 6.5gig Seagate Medalist Pro 7200rpm, 13gig Quantum Fireball CR, Yamaha 4416e Burner, Pioneer 10x DVD-ROM, Panasonic e70 17" Monitor, Antec KS-188 24" Tower, 6 year old Honeywell-SUH 101key Keyboard, Logitech Trackman Marble+