Swfdec - Mar 2009 - SwfdecMozilla 100% cpu usage on Youtube

Hi,

My question is: Can anyone recommend a cheap graphics board that works 
well with the GNU/Linux/X/Firefox/Swfdec/Youtube stack?

I am using an old ATI Radeon 9550, and I have been experiencing 100% CPU 
usage, stuttering and loss of sync when viewing Youtube movies for quite 
a long time now (since Swfdec v 0.6.x, now using 0.8.2). Didn't bother 
to report it because I've seen bugzilla entries such as 10385 where X is 
blamed. However, I've been through one full distribution update (Ubuntu) 
since then and the problem seems to persist. Tried various parameters, 
like switching between EXA/XAA but only managed to make the situation 
worse.

Any other hints on debugging this further are also welcome..

Regards,
Magnus

Magnus Hjorth ha scritto:
> Hi,
> 
> My question is: Can anyone recommend a cheap graphics board that works 
> well with the GNU/Linux/X/Firefox/Swfdec/Youtube stack?
> 
> I am using an old ATI Radeon 9550, and I have been experiencing 100% CPU 
> usage, stuttering and loss of sync when viewing Youtube movies for quite 
> a long time now (since Swfdec v 0.6.x, now using 0.8.2). Didn't bother 
> to report it because I've seen bugzilla entries such as 10385 where X
is
> blamed. However, I've been through one full distribution update
(Ubuntu)
> since then and the problem seems to persist. Tried various parameters, 
> like switching between EXA/XAA but only managed to make the situation 
> worse.
> 
> Any other hints on debugging this further are also welcome..
Youtube playback is quite good with swfdec on an athlon xp 2600+ and radeon 
9250 machine. I have these options inside Device section of my xorg.conf:

         Option          "AGPMode"               "4"
         Option          "EnablePageFlip"        "true"
         Option          "AccelMethod"           "EXA"
         Option          "AccelDFS"              "true"

cheers,
riccardo