HTPC V2, Home Theater PC Setup, HOWTO and Guides
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 Jun 28 2010, 11:45 PM
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P4 3.0, 2GB, AGP 3850
What do you all think with these hardware can play 1080P smoothly ?? Cos, I plan going to buy HIS HD 3850 512MB (256bit) GDDR3 AGP for my old P4. It's worth for me to do like this ?? thz |
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Jun 29 2010, 11:02 PM
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QUOTE(0hmyg0d @ Jun 29 2010, 02:35 AM) No.2 since u r asking which one is better rather than which one is capable.. Ya, you are right .. I also think if something goes wrong .. it's really waste my money to buy that display card .. if I just upgrade just cost me around RM400 But, I going to buy a used c2d CPU need around RM1k lolx IMHO, buying HTPC is different than buying a gaming rig, jus buy those spec which is capable rather than going very highend ones. yeap, it can play 1080p smoothly by adding the GC.. but how reliable is it? i mean the P4 and its MOBO.. it is very hard (expensive) to find replacement in the future if somehting goes wrong.. rather than spending a lot on this GC (i assume AGP is more expensive), y not u get sum c2d 2nd hand proc and mobo which is sumhow prove to be more viable in a long run?   ...For sure c2d have last longer than old p4.... Dunno what to do now ...  |
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Apr 20 2011, 04:54 PM
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QUOTE(arremie @ Apr 20 2011, 03:57 PM) my card is kinda old ati radeon x1950 pro agp. i cant find anywhere inside the catalyst control panel for hardware acceleration. How about change your player instead of vlc ? I think that will have much better in cpu usage and the smoothness too. Any recommend player here ? when i play 720p mkv with vlc player i saw that my cpu utilization around 50% so i guess it's using cpu power instead of gpu. it's running smooth though. 1080p is out of question can play but very jerky   |
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