> LCDClock and UseBIOS.
>
> > Even at 16bpp, I see "noise" on the screen when running gmplayer, so I
> > think the savage driver is less than optimal or the card is .. too cheap
>
> There _many_ options for mplayer which could change this. Does your card
> support Xv(ideo)? Do you load the extension? Does mplayer make use of it?

AFAIK it does. it's written in mplayer docs
(/usr/pkg/share/mplayer/DOCS/video.html)

> Normally, a hardware accelerated card uses always 24/32 bit mode even if
> you're using a video mode with a lower bpp setting. However, you might use
> more filters with the generic X11 interface e.g. much better
> anti-aliasing.
>
> --
> Michael
>