Hi Ed, I wanted to check the specs on your video card before posting:
Overview
Previously know as RADEON VE, RADEON™ 7000 delivers enhanced 3D and 2D graphics performance for today's demanding applications. Powered by the RADEON™ 7000 graphics processor and up to 64MB DDR memory; RADEON™ 7000 features HYPER Z™ technology to increase effective memory bandwidth and PIXEL TAPESTRY™ for fast image rendering. Plus RADEON™ 7000 has industry leading, built-in DVD playback capability.
At-a-glance
Powered by the RADEON™ 7000 (a.k.a RADEON VE) graphics processor
HYDRAVISION™ Multiple Monitor Management Software gives you flexible multi-display support to enable many combinations of VGA, DVI and TV
ATI HYPER Z™ technology reduces memory bandwidth consumption resulting in improved 3D performance
Incredible 3D graphics performance with ATI PIXEL TAPESTRY™ 3D rendering engine
Supports DirectX® 7.0, DirectX® 8.0 and OpenGL®
DVD playback with integrated motion compensation and iDCT
Supports 3D resolutions (32-bit color) up to 2048x1536
AGP 2.0 Compliant BUS - AGP 2X (3.3V), AGP 4X (1.5V), or AGP2X/4X based systems, PCI 2.2 compliant - PCI-33 and PCI-66, or Universal PCI based systems
Designed and manufactured by ATI
Featuring CATALYST™ - ATI's industry-leading software suite with frequently scheduled free updates providing additional features and performance over the product's lifetime
The card itself does support hardware decoding, so make sure you have DMA enabled for the drive, also jump over to ATI site and apply the latest driver for the card. Even with the help from the video card, the 333 series still will need as much RAM as it can get. Turn off anything you might have running in the background, Virus Protection, Firewall, Direct CD, Screen Savers, etc... Also did you try the ATI player that most likly shipped with the video card? Too is this the only optical drive?If it is not, then double check your jumper settings when you installed the DVD, Dell ships their systems using the Cable Select Feature.
Best Regards
God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway, the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the difference.
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Hi Ed,
I wanted to check the specs on your video card before posting:
Overview
Previously know as RADEON VE, RADEON™ 7000 delivers enhanced 3D and 2D graphics performance for today's demanding applications. Powered by the RADEON™ 7000 graphics processor and up to 64MB DDR memory; RADEON™ 7000 features HYPER Z™ technology to increase effective memory bandwidth and PIXEL TAPESTRY™ for fast image rendering. Plus RADEON™ 7000 has industry leading, built-in DVD playback capability.
At-a-glance
Powered by the RADEON™ 7000 (a.k.a RADEON VE) graphics processor
HYDRAVISION™ Multiple Monitor Management Software gives you flexible multi-display support to enable many combinations of VGA, DVI and TV
ATI HYPER Z™ technology reduces memory bandwidth consumption resulting in improved 3D performance
Incredible 3D graphics performance with ATI PIXEL TAPESTRY™ 3D rendering engine
Supports DirectX® 7.0, DirectX® 8.0 and OpenGL®
DVD playback with integrated motion compensation and iDCT
Supports 3D resolutions (32-bit color) up to 2048x1536
AGP 2.0 Compliant BUS - AGP 2X (3.3V), AGP 4X (1.5V), or AGP2X/4X based systems, PCI 2.2 compliant - PCI-33 and PCI-66, or Universal PCI based systems
Designed and manufactured by ATI
Featuring CATALYST™ - ATI's industry-leading software suite with frequently scheduled free updates providing additional features and performance over the product's lifetime
The card itself does support hardware decoding, so make sure you have DMA enabled for the drive, also jump over to ATI site and apply the latest driver for the card. Even with the help from the video card, the 333 series still will need as much RAM as it can get. Turn off anything you might have running in the background, Virus Protection, Firewall, Direct CD, Screen Savers, etc...
Also did you try the ATI player that most likly shipped with the video card? Too is this the only optical drive?If it is not, then double check your jumper settings when you installed the DVD, Dell ships their systems using the Cable Select Feature.
Best Regards
God, grant me the senility to forget the people I never liked anyway,
the good fortune to run into the ones I do and the eyesight to tell the
difference.