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brendude13 on 11 August 2011
manuel said:
brendude13 said:
Scoobes said:
brendude13 said:
Scoobes said:
brendude13 said:
I would be careful, I have a decent mobo and when I first got that 2 years ago it choked on HD content, same goes for my sisters decent laptop which she bought recently. By HD content I mean just 720p.

You are probably going to want a $100+ mobo, preferably a 1156 or 1155 socket


What codecs are you using? I can't imagine you'd have too much trouble if you're using x264.

I'm not quite sure of the model, but it's a higher end Foxconn mobo.

And it was 720p Youtube content (which I believe is x264)

An ATI HD 4350 fixed all that though, 1080p no problem.

That's weird. I manage to run 720 stuff on my old laptop (about 4/5 yrs old with integrated Intel chip) and connect it up to my TV, although I never tried streaming youtube in 720. Seems to work OK with MKV files in media player classic. But yeah, the ATI card would definately sort that

Really? o.0

Even my friends laptop is about 3 years old but it is very high end, it even has a fingerprint scanner to log on, and even that chokes on Youtube 720p.

I guess it's just Youtube?

My 3 year old laptop (Core 2 Duo 2.10GHz, 2GB RAM) plays youtube 720p content without problems.

My friends laptop has Intel GMA x4500, which I believe is better than the GMA x3100.

I just don't get it :/

Something is wrong somewhere down the line, he'll be over in 30 minutes, maybe I can do a few tests on it.



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manuel on 11 August 2011

x4500 should be better than x3100 as the number is about 1.5 times as big. :D

I'm using Firefox and Chrome, and 720p youtube works flawlessly with both, even full screen.

I just tested it with this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XITHbsUUlYI
And I'm surprised that I can even watch that at 1080p without stuttering or anything.



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BrayanA on 11 August 2011

Onboard graphics is not enough! I made this mistake, don't repeat it!



Soleron on 11 August 2011
BrayanA said:
Onboard graphics is not enough! I made this mistake, don't repeat it!


It has vastly improved. SB and Llano are the speed of $50 discrete cards now.



dahuman on 11 August 2011

Just go with the new AMD APU stuff and it will handle pretty much anything besides high end gaming at low price and power usage with great performance. The Intel low power sector is getting ass whooped atm.