will this computer run HDTV 1080p.

Can anyone tell me if the following computer will run hdtv at 1080p. Let me know if i need to get a better video card. I know the video card is not every good with todays games, but all i care about is video. i also heard 2 gig ram is to low for hdtv 1080p?

specs are ...

AMD® Athlon™ 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+
2048MB Dual Channel DDR2 533MHz [2x1024] Memory
256MB ATI® Radeon® X1300 Pro graphics card


thanks for your help.

[dan1979]

Invariably it will (it's overkill) but then my three year old Athlon runs 'HDTV' at 1080p just fine. Depends exactly what stuff you want to run.

nice to hear. i would just like to run 1080p movies. i have the simpsons movie trailer on this pc (soon to be replaced), its 1080p and its like a slideshow, image refreshes every 15 seconds. i just want it to run as it is intended to on my new pc. thanks for the replie.

[Singh]

Depends which codec of video you want to decode... 1080p in high bit rate h.264 *might* give your PC some poor framerates if you use inefficient codecs.

which codecs do you need for 1080p?

[Singh]

Originally Posted by dem16i

which codecs do you need for 1080p?

How are you planning to watch 1080p?

If you are planning to watch bd-roms or hd dvds - then theres no need to worry, because by the time they are out here there should be some more efficient codecs out there.

[blingo]

Dont download no codec. Unistall all of them and use VLC Player.

I been running test on 2 of my machines before i build a media center this Christmas. Specs

PC 1.
AMD64 3200+ 2.0GHZ
2048MB corsair TwinX
ATi X1800XT


PC2.
AMD FX-60 2.94GHZ
2048MB Corsair TwinX Pro 3500LL
ATi X1900XTX

I played Quicktime trailers in 1080p Using Quicktime on PC1 it was a goner played it very slowly, same trailer played in VLC Player same quality played it better using less memory and cpu. I had task man running during the run.

Same trailer on PC2 Ran perfect i changed Task man to show it as one core and it was using average about 60% in Quicktime no frames missed at all trailer ran perfect. Same trailer in VLC used about 15-20% less CPU and abit less memory and quality was the same.

The AMD 5000+ is a FX60 at 2.6ghz 1mb cache and it will run perfect and are good overclockers if you need the extra performance that chip prob could run 1440p

My specs for Media Cent
AMD X2 4600+ and OC it if i need more from it
2048mb Corsair TwinX
Ati X1600 Pro HDMI 256DDR3
80gb SATA II 7200rpm
10/100/1000mbps network card if one aint on motherboard
Have it connected to my 1gbps switch

Your build is very good i would change the card to somthing with abit more power though. I did see somewhere benchmarks on video playback and how that affect the CPU usage. I think it was in PC Format mag.

[blingo]

Forgot to add trailers i tested were all 1080p and were

300
Simpsons Movie
Deja vu

Tested 720p too
Tested the 2nd trailer for Spiderman 3 and a episode of the Unit season 2
Those didn't even go over 30%

[MarkSS]

Originally Posted by dan1979

Invariably it will (it's overkill) but then my three year old Athlon runs 'HDTV' at 1080p just fine. Depends exactly what stuff you want to run.

Really? 4200x2 and 6600GT with CoreAVC plays back BBCHD ok but without much to spare. What are you playing back ok on a 3 year old PC? Are you referring to HDTV sourced downloads which are generally resized?