CPU Utilization

[aviwil]

Icsterm , thanks for that info .
Just interested , what CPU load are you getting for that type of movie ?

CoreAVC is the fastest CPU codec for MKV files. I'm not sure if Splash fails 5% beneath or use the same CPU resources.

- not sure what you mean here .

[insect000]

@servocrow:

Screenshots for the 3% CPU usage, please, .

[vivan]

Lol, I have about 20% cpu usage on one of the worst processors - Atom N270 (one core, 1.6Ghz, worse than Celeron at same freq) when playing 1080p video.
So such cpu usage on about 20 times faster processor is expectible.

[servocrow]

why would i lie about that? if my system is not being throttled by encoding and all im really doing is watching an MKV then YES my system hums around 3% CPU usage, when watching 1080...

[Ghost]

@servocrow:

Screenshots for the 3% CPU usage, please, .

Depending on the Windows version, cpu model and graphics card vendors/models it can be even 0% shown in task manager for 1080p videos with Splash Lite/PRO. Here on some low cost NVIDIA and quad core cpu im having usually 0% (sometimes 1%) on a test 1080p mkv video. for 720p it is the same.

On the most PC configurations Splash Lite should be the most efficient free player available.

[servocrow]

@ insect000



screenshot attached

Thx Ghost !!

[insect000]

hmmm, maybe my hd 4770 (a low cost ATI card) is not as "efficient" as your low cost Nvidia card, .

[aviwil]

servocrow - your attached screen capture is just blue - should I be seeing something more ?

[servocrow]

i dunno, just click on it and it should expand. if not, i guess you are just going to have to take my word for it....moving on.

@insect0001:

i guess alot of the technology out there right now is Nvidia friendly, if gaming was my main concern i would def. go ati, however for 720/1080 mkv file playback or HTPC applications, Nvidia with CUDA is the way to go, seems to be supported in a lot of different areas. a cheap Nvidia card, I would suggest a 512mb card is the way to go.

I own a MSI 8400 512mb fanless PCI x16 card, been very happy with it.

[Joco1114]

My results:

Environment: nVidia GTX460SO, C2D 6750, 4GB DDR2800
Movie: 9 (Nine), 1080p

Splash Lite:
* CPU utilization: 1-3%
* memory: about 55MB
* quality: 5/10

Splash Pro:
* CPU utilization: 60-83% (with iMotion 10, Detail Boost 5, Light Boost 5)
* memory: about 280 MB
* quality: 9/10

Splash Pro:
* CPU utilization: 1-3% (without iMotion, Detail Boost, and Light Boost)
* memory: about 280 MB
* quality: 5/10

Daum PotPlayer 1.5.25705
* CPU utilization: 3-6% (with my own settings)
* memory: about 70 MB
* quality: 8/10