Will Flash 10.1 save me?

[nelsonba]

If I were to add a new video card would I be able to play full screen flash HD content? Right now it chokes. If so, cheap recommendations?

Here is my current setup:

ASUS A8N-SLI Motherboard.
AMD Athlon 64 3200+
1 GB RAM
Nvidia 7600 GS

 

[ShawnD1]

http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=3678&p=2
According to Anand's tests, GPU and the new flash make a huge difference.

Remember to buy the NEWEST video card, not the fastest. A GeForce 8800 is a fast video card, but it won't help if it doesn't support the features you're looking for. The newest cards will have more features, better GPGPU support, and better decoding support.

Nvidia's flash GPU list is here. It looks like GeForce 8 and newer support flash.

AMD's flash GPU list is here. Looks like discrete cards must be Radeon 4xxx or newer.

 

[nelsonba]

Would the GeForce 9800 get the job done?

 

[happy medium]

Yes

 

[tweakboy]

No but Flash 10.2 beta will do!

 

[tweakboy]

The latest WHQL nvidia drivers have Flash 10.2 full support. x32 and x64 clients. It's fast has heck, youtube vids come up in a split second and are now using your GPU to render the video which means its smoother faster and looks better.

 

[nelsonba]

What about transcoding on the fly with TVersity? Do the newer graphics cards help with that as well? How about this one?

My goal is to be able to stream to my PS3 without upgrading my cpu.

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814130395

 

[VirtualLarry]

No but Flash 10.2 beta will do!

There is no Flash 10.2 It's Flash 10.1, beta 2.

 

[ShawnD1]

What about transcoding on the fly with TVersity? Do the newer graphics cards help with that as well? How about this one?

My goal is to be able to stream to my PS3 without upgrading my cpu.

It won't help with that. Video encoding is 100% CPU at the moment.

 

[nelsonba]

Is that because of the Tversity software? I thought the newer CUDA-enabled GPUs could take on encoding.