Frame on PC = upgrade the Graphics Card?

[James Dyson]

Yes, the graphics are on a server, but we haven't ever noticed any slow
data rates in the past. We can't move the graphics to our local machines
and we can't move Frame to the server, so we are stuck with this
configuration. The only delays come the first time a graphic is loaded.
After I've scrolled through a document all the way (and that can take
quite some time), it's fine.

I don't this is due to some error since my supervisor is having the same
problem on his PC (which has nearly identical statistics to mine).

Here are some hardware stats in case they're helpful:

Pentium 4 (2.4 GHz, 2.39 GHz)
512 MB Ram
Intel(R) 82865G Graphics Controller (isn't this a cheap imbedded
chipset?)
Windows XP

-----Original Message-----
From: Combs, Richard [mailto:richard.combs at Polycom.com] 
Sent: Monday, November 06, 2006 12:12 PM
To: James Dyson; framers at lists.frameusers.com
Subject: RE: Frame on PC = upgrade the Graphics Card?

James Dyson wrote: 
 
> Has anyone noticeably improved the rate at which graphics are loaded 
> in Frame while running on a PC when they upgraded their graphics card?

> We are considering doing so here, and I suspect it will make a vast 
> improvement. Our PCs are pretty current. I don't want to get lost in 
> the details of hardware configurations etc., but was wondering if 
> anyone had any success in alleviating the problem

I suspect there'd be no noticeable improvement. (I assume your PC
currently has a reasonably recent video card, not just an
on-the-motherboard graphics chip that shares system memory.) 

John asked the first key question -- are the graphics on a network
server? 

Assuming they're on your PC, how much RAM does it have? More RAM would
almost certainly make far more difference than a faster graphics card.
You should have at least a gigabyte. If you have lots of large graphics,
adding a second gig would be worthwhile. 

A very slow hard drive could also be a factor, but that's unlikely with
a reasonably current PC (you do defrag regularly, right?). 

HTH!
Richard


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Richard G. Combs
Senior Technical Writer
Polycom, Inc.
richardDOTcombs AT polycomDOTcom
303-223-5111
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