I can feel my PC is lag when it's playing hd and full hd videos . The video and the sound aren't in sync. What's the problem ? Is it a poor GPU problem ? Or ? How to 'fine tune' so that the pc is not experiencing the same issue again???

either GPU or CPU, what is your current spec?
has this happen before?

Open task manager on your PC while the video is playing. If the CPU usage is near 100% then it is your CPU not up to the processing power.

Power option maybe? Put on performance mode.

it's been a long time.
Intel core 32 quad q8300
4gb ram (ddr2)
nvidia integrated graphics 9200
this is a pretty old pc .

Should be more than enough.
My old rig E8400 with HD4670 with 4GB DDR2 RAM can play 1080p with ease.

Got try use kodi?

what kodi ?

No matter I use Windows media player , VLC , Cyberlink POWERDVD , or MPC-HC , it's still lag !!! How to resolve this issue ??

http://kodi.tv/
My pentium 4 computer can play using kodi also known as XMBC player.. give it a try

Have you updated your graphic card drivers? this is very important.

yes ' it is up-todate

What OS you are running in this system?

If the system running on Win XP, it should okay since the CPU is release on that era (2008).
If the system running on Win 7 or 8.1, it could be lagging regardless whether you are playing a HD vidoes or not.

This post has been edited by WebWalker: May 19 2015, 06:04 PM

This one.

HD and Full HD videos take quite some power from the system.

Q8300 would work alright but the graphic card has to be one that can keep up, or help with the decoding.

Just buy any RM 100 - 150 graphic card in the market to replace that and it should do the trick.

I face the same thing before, once I start playing HD / FHD videos my system starts to be laggy. I had to upgrade the graphic card and it's fine again.

On the contrary, Windows 8.1 works great even on low power processors these days and many of it can run HD / FHD content with minimal or no lag.

Nah don't think it's OS related. I was running C2D e8400 on Win8.1 Pro 64bit, no issues with 1080p vid.
Moved from Vista --> 7 --> 8 --> 8.1 I didn't have problem with HD videos.


TS, did you tried Media Player Classic Cinema? Another way is to get rid all the codecs and reinstall fresh new pack.

This post has been edited by shakku: May 19 2015, 06:11 PM

win7

yes , the lagging issue persists when I'm playing it using MPC-HC

Any suggestion for graphics card priced between rm100 to rm150???

R7 240 or used unit HD5770?