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Advice needed for HTPC upgrade to support Full HD

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,719 ✭✭✭kaisersose77


    If it was for videos and music only i'd go for an acer revo or asrock 330 and put xbmc linux on it. They play 1080p mkv's no problem and have a brilliant interface (search youtube). But xbmc doesnt support blu ray or tv tuner.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,769 ✭✭✭bazwaldo


    Check the processor usage when doing playback. If its not near 100% its likely the gfx card. If it is near 100%, then dxva must be off as the gxfx card should be doing the work. The spec seems good enough all round.


  • Registered Users Posts: 14 decorativejunk


    Hi Bazwaldo ,

    Thanks for ur comment. i did check the CPU its almost 100% when i am playing a 1080p mkv . and i get out of sync video and then it gets stuck.. so even i feel as u said my graphics card is not powerfull enough to process 1080p rips... and i tried looking for option to enable DXVA but as there is no official driver for this ATI graphics card on window 7 i did not get that option. at the moment i using microsoft default WDDM driver..

    can u suggest a good graphics card which will compliment this Motherboard..? i m planning to install a HD graphics card.. does that make sense...??


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,769 ✭✭✭bazwaldo


    TBH I'm not sure so I can't help much. For HD TV go with nvidia as the ATI cards have issues with h.264 content from some sources.


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