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Processor/Chipset Vs Video Card
Lupin:
Get a dual core processor, and a motherboard with onboard video. Unless you're gaming, you don't really need discrete video. If you add coreavc to the mix, you can probably play 1080p as well. You also need new ram.
rathoriel:
CoreAVC works wonders. I have a asus eeepc and a alienware m9700 and both had some issues with 720p. After installing CoreAVC the issues seem to have gone away (I tested using appleseed exmachina 720p...in the opening seen with the missiles flying there was studering before installing CoreAVC but it went away after that. didn't watch it all the way thru on these machines.) I am downloading ghost in the shell solid state society 1080p to test on both machines. will keep you updated.
arknorth:
--- Quote from: x5ga on August 24, 2010, 05:03:32 PM ---My advice would be to use CoreAVC+media player classic homecinema, and if it doesn't work (720p should work with your configuration, can't say for sure that 1080p will) upgrade the CPU. I doubt any P4 motherboard has a PCIe slot, and all the newer video cards use that slot. You didn't specify the exact model of the video card, but it might support CUDA if it's a nVidia, so CoreAVC could use that to help improve the decoding speed.
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--- Quote from: rathoriel on August 24, 2010, 11:11:09 PM ---CoreAVC works wonders. I have a asus eeepc and a alienware m9700 and both had some issues with 720p. After installing CoreAVC the issues seem to have gone away (I tested using appleseed exmachina 720p...in the opening seen with the missiles flying there was studering before installing CoreAVC but it went away after that. didn't watch it all the way thru on these machines.) I am downloading ghost in the shell solid state society 1080p to test on both machines. will keep you updated.
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Okay - Assuming I'm a cheap Son-of-an-Otaku, and I am... you both suggest CoreAVC Media Player - except that you have to PAY for it (unlike the likes of MPC and VLC). Is it guananteed to work better just because it's a pay for?
BTW - the video card on my beastie is an EVGA nVidia 6200.
A-N
rathoriel:
$9.95 is cheap compared to parts upgrades
http://corecodec.com/products/coreavc
arknorth:
--- Quote from: rathoriel on August 25, 2010, 12:17:30 AM ---$9.95 is cheap compared to parts upgrades
http://corecodec.com/products/coreavc
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True true! Mind you, I'm playing devil's advocate here, so I agree. Mind you also, as an example, I downloaded MPlayer as suggested, and found it worse (sorry about that eriuos) than MPC's staggers and VLC's shattered screen. So you can also see why I'd be a bit gun-shy about laying down actual funds for something that might not work.
But, we'll see what happens ;)
A-N
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