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Upgrading a E7500

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parsley007

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Hi, I currently have a Inspiron 560 with a E7500 with 4 GB RAM. I have upgraded it with a 1GB Radeon 6450, and a 64 GB SSD.

I mainly use it for watching streaming flash online, such as www.twitch.tv. However, recently it has been lagging on almost any one I try to watch.

I'm not really sure where the bottleneck is, but my first guess was the CPU. I was looking at either upgrading to another 775 CPU, which doesn't really seem like a good option, or buying something like this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16883113252

Also, my Internet connection is 6/.5 DSL.

Just looking for any suggestions on the way to ensure I can play 720p+ streaming video without constant buffering.

Thanks.
 
Doubt it is CPU, my Core Duo 1.83GHz plays 720P just fine .. check CPU usage, check max internet speed vs. bandwidth used by twitch
 
720p is like an achile's heel for Intel. It is easier to play 1080p. Even on the Haswell i-7 processors with the newer HD4600 integrated graphics this is a problem. I think this is a good deal for the money but it is kind of out of date already.

I have seen some problems with wireless routers slowing down and causing iterruptions. What this does is it causes you to lose your connection in the middle of a streaming session. However, this is theoretically fast enough unless you want to upgrade your DSL to a faster speed. But that might not help if it is a network issue.

I am using the same speed DSL. Helps to have full speed HD video at 1080p. I think the video is better like that. Now they are pushing 4k video.
 
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Your hardware is fast enough to do it in pure software (though it shouldn't be doing that, with the 6450, except for Netflix).

Just to verify, try downloading a HD video and play it locally.

Also, do a speed test. Your DSL might be not quite enough, or you could have a WLAN problem, if you're not wired.
 
Open up the Task Manager to the performance tab when you're watching a video. If the CPU usage isn't at 100% on either CPU, then you're not CPU-limited.
 
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