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Date:      Mon, 29 Aug 2005 21:58:50 -0500
From:      Mark Kane <mark@mkproductions.org>
To:        Ariff Abdullah <skywizard@MyBSD.org.my>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Performance Issues with AMD64 3000+, 1.5GB RAM, FreeBSD 5.4-RELEASE
Message-ID:  <4313CB6A.6000603@mkproductions.org>
In-Reply-To: <20050830105156.1b1bc058.skywizard@MyBSD.org.my>
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Ariff Abdullah wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Aug 2005 19:38:41 -0500
> Mark Kane <mark@mkproductions.org> wrote:
> 
>>Ariff Abdullah wrote:
>>
>>>On Sat, 27 Aug 2005 13:38:00 -0500
>>>Mark Kane <mark@mkproductions.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>
>>>>Mark Kane wrote:
>>>>I do notice that when doing some things like using unrar to extract
>>>>a  file or loading a video into video encoding software I do get
>>>>some of  the same little crackles and static in the audio. I didn't
>>>>notice this  static/crackling ever before applying that first patch.
>>>>I am still  skip/stutter free though :).
>>>>
>>>>Might the second patch help the crackling/static?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>Perhaps. You should give it a try. There is another issue as well
>>>(such as PCI latency timer), but only after you applied all those
>>>suggested patches.
>>
>>Okay I applied the second patch. Still whenever unrarring a file or 
>>loading big files from a drive I do hear little static in the audio, but 
>>it's not bad at all.
>>
>>But the initial problem of the skipping and stuttering is fixed so I am 
>>very happy :).
>>
> 
> PCI latency issue comes in mind (which pretty common within VIA universe).
> 
> http://staff.mybsd.org.my/skywizard/FreeBSD/sound/pcmutils/pcilattimer
> 
> Play around with its latency timer value (increase) and see whether
> that could make things better.

Well this is an nForce3 chipset, but I will look into the script.

Thanks

-Mark




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