Gordian Knot time

[Kishen]

Hi guys. I've got this laptop...its a P4 2.4Gig with 512MB Ram. Its not much but it does the job and its fast enough when I need it to be most of the time.

I have just recently formatted it and done a fresh install on it, but I've noticed something very wierd.

A DVD that I could encode FULLY (3 passes of 4 hours each) in 12 hours, is now taking 17 - 30 hours (9 - 10 hours per pass). The software installed on the computer is pretty much the same as last time, except for maybe one or two smaller apps. The only difference is probably that this year I've purchased NOD32 instead of NAV2004. But NOD32 is actually working BETTER than NAV2004.

Any ideas? What can slow down Gordian Knot? Maybe there are other things I should be looking at but have no clue about. When I look at my processes, GK is the only thing that seems process hungry, and I've even tried shutting down other programs to see if it would increase speed, but to no avail.

What KIND of programs or services can slow GK down?

Thanks :D

[manono]

Hi-

I'd look at the DivX settings first. Are you encoding with the Slow setting, rather than Standard? Or maybe you're using Q-Pel and GMC, where before you didn't?

A search will turn up lots of hits on this subject. See if this one helps at all:

http://forum.doom9.org/showthread.php?s=&threadid=67496&highlight=slow+encode

[Kishen]

Manono...you again :D

Anyways...I know that the codec settings make a difference, but the funny part is my settings are exactly the same as last time...so the difference HAS to be outside Gordian Knot and DivX...I'm using the same settings for my encoding.

[Tuning]

Perhaps, some system files are not new as before. Do you have latest system files including DirectX ?
Or may be some drivers / optimizing dlls are not installed.

*( just a thought!)* :)

[Kishen]

Good idea...maybe I'll run some Systemwide updates and all...see if that helps.

In the mean time I'm moving from 'slowest' to 'slow' on the divx settings...see if that makes much difference on quality

Thanks ;)