Expected video performance on r700 based cards?

[Alex Deucher]

On Mon, Jun 22, 2009 at 1:27 PM, Dennis J.<dennisml at conversis.de> wrote:
> Hi,
> I just upgraded from Fedora 10 i386 to Fedora 11 x86_64 (by means of a new
> installation) and have noticed that video performance is now worse than it
> was before under F10 even though general 2D performance seems to have
> increased quite a bit.
>
> What should I expect in terms of video performance on a 4850 card? Before
> playing 720p videos consumed relatively little CPU power but now I need a
> full core to play them.

Make sure your video player is using Xv rather than GL.  Xv is
supported while GL support is still in progress.

Alex