Zarch
Well-known Member
I've got the following old machine.
Abit IP35 Pro(Intel P35-ICH9R) running a Core2 Quad Q9550
The machine is fine for what it does..... its just a old desktop that I have no intention of upgrading or revamping.
The graphics card is a Radeon 5400 (PCI Express 2.0 x 16)
I'm come to editing some 4k videos off my iPhone X for the kids school project today and playback is choppy.
Task manager suggests its CPU bound, so no offloading to the GPU looks to be happening.
I can play [email protected] videos on the graphics card no problems..... they seem to offload fine with low CPU.
So what is the minimum sort of graphic card i'd need to look for to be able to offload AVC [email protected] codecs?
Just something cheap. I'll probably look for something second hand if I know what era and above to shoot for.
I don't think this is a codec issue, I just think the graphics card isn't up to the job.
Its donkeys years since I built and HTPC or PC in general..... so well out of it when it comes to graphics card capabilities.
Any help or pointers would be appreciated.
Abit IP35 Pro(Intel P35-ICH9R) running a Core2 Quad Q9550
The machine is fine for what it does..... its just a old desktop that I have no intention of upgrading or revamping.
The graphics card is a Radeon 5400 (PCI Express 2.0 x 16)
I'm come to editing some 4k videos off my iPhone X for the kids school project today and playback is choppy.
Task manager suggests its CPU bound, so no offloading to the GPU looks to be happening.
I can play [email protected] videos on the graphics card no problems..... they seem to offload fine with low CPU.
So what is the minimum sort of graphic card i'd need to look for to be able to offload AVC [email protected] codecs?
Just something cheap. I'll probably look for something second hand if I know what era and above to shoot for.
I don't think this is a codec issue, I just think the graphics card isn't up to the job.
Its donkeys years since I built and HTPC or PC in general..... so well out of it when it comes to graphics card capabilities.
Any help or pointers would be appreciated.