Tried 1080p video on 3 computers

[coolpurplefan]

I played some Quicktime movie trailers at 1080p on three computers with...

1. an X1650XT with a single core AMD Athlon socket 939 4000+ at 2.4GHz and 2GB of OCZ Platinum RAM

2. a Geforce 6600 with single core Athlon 2.4GHz and 1GB of Kingston HyperX RAM

3. an HD3200 (integrated) with a (dual-core) AMD X2 5400+ 2.8GHz and 2GB of RAM

Well, machine 1 and 2 did not play 1080p very well. The newest machine with the 780G chipset did play it. Although the 790G is more recent, at least the 780G is cheaper right now.

Just to let you all know if you were thinking of playing 1080p.

(I have to admit however I'm convinced my newest computer is being chocked somehow and I can't figure out why. I have OCZ "Special Ops" RAM and now think I should have chosen G.Skill because I read a newegg review that it works with the Asus M3A78-EM. But, I have more testing to do to determine what is going on. Some people prefer the Gigabyte mobo with 780G chipset.)

 

[v8envy]

No problems with either Blu-Ray or 1080p off the net playback with a E2180 clocked to 2.8ghz or higher. I gave up trying to get various software and hardware to play nicely together using video card card acceleration. Just went with a pure CPU approach and called it a day. I think I'm still offloading *some* work onto my 8800GT, but not enough to really matter.

Which is why I don't care much about the 780 and 790 chipsets; I'd have to use a precise combination of monitor, playback software, codec and media to make the magic happen. F that.

I can confirm my Venice at about 2.5Ghz couldn't handle 1080p either using an X1800XT or 7600GT.

 

[ther00kie16]

Well, the problem is probably quicktime. Try VLC. I can play 1080p on Athlon xp 3200 + 9800pro.

 

[coolpurplefan]

Originally posted by: ther00kie16
Well, the problem is probably quicktime. Try VLC. I can play 1080p on Athlon xp 3200 + 9800pro.

Really? I'm really impressed.

I just tried something else, an X1650XT with Athlon X2 5400+ 2.8GHz. It still runs 1080p.

So, I guess I was right about getting the dual core I got anyway.

 

[Spike]

My only pc that has issues with 1080p is, funny enough, my HTPC since the 7800GT has little hardware acceleration and my Opteron 165 @ 2.52 is not quite strong enough to make up for it. I'll go for a 4670 or 9600GT this Christmas and all should be good on the hd field.

My other machines all play it great though the cpu's could handle it if the vid cards choked so it's no suprise.

 

[zephyrprime]

A lot of video codecs are not supported by video acceleration in video cards so you're stuck with pure cpu decoding. Quicktime is probably one of these codecs. Modern versions of quicktime use h.264 I believe which is the best common codec but it's also pretty processor intensive.

You can save a surprisingly large number of cpu cycles by using the right video renderer (which is merely the method used to copy the decoded images to the frame buffer). Try using KMPlayer and use the "enhanced video renderer" if you're using vista or the "enhanced video renderer c/a" if you're using XP.

 

[coolpurplefan]

Originally posted by: zephyrprime
A lot of video codecs are not supported by video acceleration in video cards so you're stuck with pure cpu decoding. Quicktime is probably one of these codecs. Modern versions of quicktime use h.264 I believe which is the best common codec but it's also pretty processor intensive.

You can save a surprisingly large number of cpu cycles by using the right video renderer (which is merely the method used to copy the decoded images to the frame buffer). Try using KMPlayer and use the "enhanced video renderer" if you're using vista or the "enhanced video renderer c/a" if you're using XP.

I thought the Quicktime videos will only play on Quicktime.

 

[WaitingForNehalem]

Originally posted by: coolpurplefan

Originally posted by: ther00kie16
Well, the problem is probably quicktime. Try VLC. I can play 1080p on Athlon xp 3200 + 9800pro.

Really? I'm really impressed.

I just tried something else, an X1650XT with Athlon X2 5400+ 2.8GHz. It still runs 1080p.

So, I guess I was right about getting the dual core I got anyway.

1080p plays fine on my system.

 

[Spicedaddy]

Quicktime has high CPU utilization. You can play the 1080p .mov files with PowerDVD, which, unlike QT, actually uses the video card...

 

[wwswimming]

Originally posted by: ther00kie16
Well, the problem is probably quicktime. Try VLC. I can play 1080p on Athlon xp 3200 + 9800pro.

the original ATI 9800 Pro ? that board was a classic in 2003-2004.

 

[coolpurplefan]

Originally posted by: Spicedaddy
Quicktime has high CPU utilization. You can play the 1080p .mov files with PowerDVD, which, unlike QT, actually uses the video card...

Wouldn't you have to download the Quicktime movie trailers then? I thought I knew how to download the videos a while ago but I don't know how now.

 

[BassBomb]

vlc does not use hardware acceleration of any sort

 

[postmortemIA]

Originally posted by: BassBomb
vlc does not use hardware acceleration of any sort

..but it may have better code than quicktime.

anyway, already said truth is that you need latest PowerDVD if you want to unlock the advertised HD hardware acceleration of newer graphic cards.

Nvidia has Pure Video HD, but it doesn't seem to be a separate product