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Answer» Thanks to everyone in advance!!
I build a lower end pc on the cheap (under a 100) and notice my Hd video playback is choppy (not a shocker given the cost)
I was wondering what was holding me back the most and what would be the best bets for increasing playback quality.
AMD Sempron 145 Processor
- Single core
- 2.8GHz 45W
- L1 Cache 64KB+64KB, L2 Cache 1Mb
Biostar MCP6P3 Board
- NVIDIA GeForce 6150 GPU, On Board Graphic Max. Memory Share Up to 512MB(Under OS By Turbo Cache)
- 4 x SATA2 3Gb/s Connector
- Realtek ALC662 6-Channel HD Audio
- 2 x DDR3 DIMM Memory Slot
- AM3 socket
Geil DDR3 2G Memory
- 240-Pin DDR3 SDRAM DDR3 1333 (PC3 10666)
Orion HP585D 585W Max Power Supply
Gigabyte GV-R435OC-512I
- ATI Radeon HD 4350 GPU
- 650Mhz
- 64 Bit
- GDDR2 512Mb
- HDMI outputAlthough that CPU is a low end chip, I am running the slower $35 single core AMD 2.7Ghz Sempron 140 on my wifes computer and I dont have any HD playback issues with it.
BUT the video card I gave her might be more powerful than yours and it has twice the dedicated Video Ram as yours. Here is the card she is using. http://www.4allmemory.com/product/detail/zotac-nvidia-geforce-9500gt-1gb-ddr2-vgadvihdmi-pciexpress-video-card/
This cards specs are :
Mfr Part Number: ZT-95TEK2M-FSL
Chipset: GeForce 9500 GT
Engine Clock: 550 MHz
Video Memory: 1GB DDR2
Memory Clock: 800MHz
Memory Interface: 128-bit
Bus: PCI-Express 2.0 x16
RAMDAC: 400 MHz
Stream Processors: 32
Max. Resolution: 2560 x 1600
Connectors: VGA; DVI; HDMI
Thermal: Fansink
Support NVIDIA PureVideo HD Technology
Support NVIDIA SLI Technology
Support HDCP - High-bandwidth Digital Content Protection
Support Microsoft DirectX 10 with SHADER Model 4.0 and OpenGL 2.1
Package: Retail
RoHS Compliant
This card works great for her movies in HD through HDMI as well as her gaming needs in which the most advanced graphically intense game she runs, which isnt as intense as most modern games, is World of Warcraft which you can get by with an older or even integrated GPU to play on fair settings. That 9500GT is the perfect GPU for her needs, and 1GB Video Ram means smooth playback and gaming.
I have to say that I am extremely impressed with that cheap single core CPU. She is running Windows 7 64 bit on it with 2GB system Ram and 1TB hard drive with the 9500GT as linked above, and the benchmark results ALTHOUGH are not as impressive as the best of the best is a bargain at its cheap price tag and what it can handle. She had a Pentium 4 2.8Ghz HT with 1MB Cache prior to this which acted like a dual-core with the hyperthreading, but was showing its age with Windows XP SP3 and her needs. This single core AMD was far faster than her prior Pentium 4 HT, as well as it doesnt get choked up if your multitasking. *It will however probably have issues if you use it for games though that require modern dual-core or better CPU's, but fortunately she hasnt hit any annoyances with it yet which is good for me and saving $$$$$$$$. To her she thinks she has the best of the best, although my computer is far better since I like my AMD Athlon II x4 640 3.0 Ghz 95w Quadcore.You may have already done this, but check to MAKE sure you have the correct and latest version of the driver for that card. Having old or incorrect drivers can cause video to appear choppy. (Just mentioning this because I fixed a similar issue for someone yesterday because they installed the wrong driver.)
It is a shocker though. That system should be more than capable of playing HD video. Ok, the processor isn't the newest or fastest, but it will still get the job done.Are you playing it in a flash based player such as Youtube or Dailymotion?
If so then Flash has moved to being less CPU dependent and more GPU dependent.
The easiest solution to the issue is to place a dedicated GPU in there rather than a on board chip.
that 9500GT is easily 5x better then a onboard 6150.
Quote from: Kurtiskain on April 24, 2011, 02:42:02 AM The easiest solution to the issue is to place a dedicated GPU in there rather than a on board chip.
that 9500GT is easily 5x better then a onboard 6150.
I think you've confused the first two posts. The OP already has a dedicated GPU, a Radeon HD 4350. Not the best card in the world, but more than adequate to play HD video.Thanks a lot everyone. Working on a driver update right now.
Mostly going to be using this computer to hook to my new TV and play some downloaded movies (shhhh dont tell)
Not much into online gaming but the having the option there is great.
Glad to know its just some tweaks I'll likely need, or a new GPU at the worst (had a quadcore all picked out and 4G of RAM)
Running XP SP2 right now. upgrading to 7 help?Also heard a sound card could help take some of the pressure off the CPU and help with video..Any credibility to that?
QuoteRunning XP SP2 right now. upgrading to 7 help?
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/en/details.aspx?FamilyID=1b544e90-7659-4bd9-9e51-2497c146af15
Quote Also heard a sound card could help take some of the pressure off the CPU and help with video..Any credibility to that?
No such thing as compared to onboard. IF mobo is capable of adding a PCI Video, I would instead get one than having a sound card for better performance. Upgrading to Windows 7 isn't really going to help. You've only got a single core processor and 2GB of RAM. Windows 7 requires more resources than Windows XP does, so you're not going to see any difference by going up to 7. If anything, it will make it worse.
As for getting a separate sound card, it's not really going to give you better performance when it just comes down to video, though you might get better sound quality, but sound quality isn't the issue here.
Like I said already, what you have is more than enough to play HD video.I took the computer back home last weekend so I will have to try and tweak the drivers and settings to see if I can get it to work next week.
Glad to hear my only cost on this should be my TIME tweaking and downloading. VLC is the player I typically use, probably something needed done with it too.
Thanks Again Everyone.
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