is ffdshow memory intensive?

[bwana]

When one is looking at cpu/mobo/ram reviews, benchmarks are often made to include direct3d performance as well as video encoding, etc... Which benchmark most closely approximates the demands of ffdshow? If I am using ffdshow with a software player that renders with vmr9, I would imagine the 3d rendering benchmark closest. And then one has the question of what impact the video card has. But to stick to the point, how do i best compare hardware for ffdshow performance? We are doing more than rendering with ffdshow, no? After all, isnt all this video massaging like video encoding?

[PowerMacG4]

Originally posted by bwana
After all, isnt all this video massaging like video encoding?

I don't see the correlation.

[bwana]

exactly. Neither do I. That is why I am asking the question-which commonly used benchmark reflects ffdshow performance?

[Neo Neko]

FFDShow's performance depends on the settings you use. The defaults generally give you very low CPU, etc usage. About the only thing that uses less resources in a similar situation is VLC or mplayer. If you configure it right you can have ffdshow take up 100% CPU and only spit out a frame or 2 a sec even on high end high speed SMP machines.

[bwana]

Originally posted by Neo Neko
FFDShow's performance depends on the settings you use. The defaults generally give you very low CPU, etc usage. About the only thing that uses less resources in a similar situation is VLC or mplayer. If you configure it right you can have ffdshow take up 100% CPU and only spit out a frame or 2 a sec even on high end high speed SMP machines.

sorry if i was unclear. But when resize with sharpen filters are applied , it brings my amd64 3800 to stutterring. Clearly, certain cpus/memory architectures will fare worse than others. So if one has 3 setups - an intel 3.2 E prescott, an amd 754 3200+ newcastle, and an amd 939 3200+ winchester on mobos with 1 gig of ram, how will ffdshow fare on each of these?

I am trying to extrapolate this answer from looking at reviews of mobos and cpus, but cannot decide which of the commonly used benchmarks is most ffdshow-like,