Can I use a 16 MB video card to play DVD's ?

[Scottie]

I know DVD won't play good on a 8 MB video card but what about a 16 MB Video card ?

My mom just bought a 600 Mhz system with a 16 MB video card would it play DVD'sok she wants to buy my DVD - rom off me ?

[otpw1]

It should be OK but there are a lot of other possible issues. What are you going to use for software for example?

[Scottie]

OS will be 98 SE and Direct X 9 somthing and Power DVD I think version 4,

I really need to know if this is going to work by tomorrow night plase and thank you !

[Capmaster]

How old is the video card? If it's ancient you may have driver issues with PowerDVD. Something to consider. And a 600MHz system is marginal for any sort of video editing/encoding or even capturing.

Good luck

[Scottie]

the Video Card is a Matrox G4+Mila 16 MB maybe a G400 from a shitty compaq.

[Prot]

DMA turned on, and no other apps running, and it should be ok. You don't state how much memory she has. If there has to be a lot of swapping with virtual ram, it could definately hamper playback.
I would say go ahead and try it. You really don't have anything to lose (except time) since you're not buying a new drive.

[888888]

DVDs play fine on my Athlon XP 2000 notebook with 8 MB onboard video enabled. The integrated video is SiS 740. I have tried both PowerDVD and a couple of versions of WinDVD and all have worked very well.

[wulf109]

I've been using an 8MB ATI Expert card for years,no problem. CPU is more important. You should consider a faster CPU,at least 1GB. DVD software playback is very CPU intensive.