HD video playback choppy

Ribsyj · Sep 15, 2013

I have a problem watching hd video on my computer. Sound is always ahead of picture. It's very choppy. Was wondering what I need to upgrade. I think maybe need a new video card. Thanks in advance

Specs
Windows vista home premium
AMD Athlon dual core 4050 2.1 ghz
3gb of ram
GeForce 6200se turbo cache

loosescrews · Sep 15, 2013

Try VLC media player if you haven't already.

Ribsyj · Sep 15, 2013

Same with all video players

thor220 · Sep 15, 2013

You need an upgrade, anything is more powerful than what you have now. The easiest solution for you would be an APU. If you don't have allot of money here is a complete solution that's quite cheap:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/ComboBundleDetails.aspx?ItemList=Combo.1241564&cm_sp=DIY_PC_Combos-_-1241564-_-Combo

nukemaster · Sep 15, 2013

This may sound obvious, but are your video card drivers up to date?

thor220 · Sep 15, 2013

His card isn't supported by any recent driver update and was never designed to be able to handle HD video. Even hardware acceleration of HD content isn't possible on his card.

Ribsyj · Sep 15, 2013

I really don't want to have to buy whole new pc. Can I just upgrade video card? I'm assuming my drivers up to date

thor220 · Sep 15, 2013

You might be able to get an agp card. Does your motherboard have an agp slot?

EDIT*

Just checked all the available agp cards, and none would be a suitable upgrade. The only way you could upgrade is if somehow your motherboard had a pci-e slot.

Ribsyj · Sep 16, 2013

thor220 :

Not sure what slot I have but here's a pic of where my video card is now

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loosescrews · Sep 16, 2013

That is a PCI-Express slot. You should be able to use just about any modern graphics card that fits and doesn't overload your PSU.

thor220 · Sep 16, 2013

omg, that is awesome. Now I just need to know your PSU wattage + age (ballpark) as well as you budget.

Ribsyj · Sep 16, 2013

thor220 :

I would like to keep as cheap as possible with best results. Maybe upgraded computer in year or two. I would prefer it has VGA and a hdmi cuz I'm running a splitter currently to my HDTV.
Age is around 2008 thats whats on psu tage(pic below)Also your saying just video card upgrade is what I need?

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nukemaster · Sep 16, 2013

Newer video cards take the load off the cpu and handle most of the video playback(on software that can take advantage of this feature).

Something like the AMD HD7730(Or Nvidia equivalent like a GT640 that is faster than the DDR3 version of the 7730) should work on your power supply while still giving you good overall performance.

You can get by with much less if needed, just ensure it is a modern card AND it does not need extra power(I doubt you have the 6 pin pci-e connector on your system.). Your cpus extremely low power consumption just helps leave you more power for a video card

Ribsyj · Sep 16, 2013

Is this right card

http://bit.ly/15yF5bh

thor220 · Sep 16, 2013

Ribsyj :

That will work or this one will:

http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102882

it's a bit cheaper than the one you linked.

Ribsyj · Sep 16, 2013

Sweet that's one I will order thanks for link!!!!

thor220 · Sep 16, 2013

Ribsyj :

np, happy you were able to find a solution!

Ribsyj · Sep 20, 2013

We'll put card in computer and nothing won't power up complelty dead. So went back to old card and same. So I tried different power supply and turned on. I guess should have read box card needed minimum off 400 psu. So guess I smoked psu

nukemaster · Sep 20, 2013

I am surprised that you managed to kill your power supply with such a card.

It is just a slightly upgraded 4350(takes more power) and I ran one of those fine on a 300 watt power supply(keep in mind that brings up the current to 22amps on the 12 volt rail) on a system with a more power hungry cpu(and gpu). To this day that same system has a GTX 650 ti and had a 5770 at least 2 years as well. I have also been unable to break 180(171 with GW2 hammering the 650 ti 100% and prime eating up almost all the rest of the cpu power) watts at the wall with that system.

I would have the guess that power supply was weak from the start.

thor220 · Sep 20, 2013

Ribsyj :

The new graphics card should only have been able to cause damage to your psu if you were putting a load on it. If your power supply failed on you before even attempting to test it, the psu was bound to fail and it is obvious that your power supply was was very low end.

Some companies put inaccurate information on the psu label and many more just make cheap psus. You have a case of that and it's a pretty bad issue as the psu is already the top component to fail in a computer.

I would recommend that get a spare psu you have around ( if possible). Remove the new graphics card and test the system with the old one. Make sure the system boots up. Hopefully it does and your psu didn't destroy anything else when it died.

Ribsyj · Sep 20, 2013

Well my buddy owns a local junkyard. Went there he had a Antec tower with 430w psu and fans fully loaded with hd and all. I put all my guts into that tower and got powered back up. But now cant get the video card to work. I put it and put cd rom in and after install i view log and it says driver install failed. I went to amd website and tried downloading from there and same. When I click on the amd vision engine I get warning"No amd graphics driver is installed, or the amd driver is not functioning properly. Please install the amd driver appropriate for your amd hardware" im kinda stuck there but atleast I got it running

nukemaster · Sep 20, 2013

Uninstall the old drivers and then try again.

If it fails, the manual way(from devmgmt.msc) may be an option.

Check here
http://www.tomshardware.com/answers/id-1781859/catalyst-control-center-detect-driver.html

And use the drivers from here if you are on Vista 64 bit
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonaiw_vista64.aspx

Here for 32(page seems down at the time. If you have the 32 bit version, let us know. I am sure a mirror can be found)
http://support.amd.com/us/gpudownload/windows/Pages/radeonaiw_vista32.aspx

Ribsyj · Sep 20, 2013

I uninstalled drivers and tried that download do the 32 and nothing. The only thing under display adapters is the standard VGA display on my motherboard. I'm gunna try disabling that and reinstall. If not gunna clear all programs and drivers and remove and reinstall card and try that.

nukemaster · Sep 20, 2013

Right click the standard VGA and try to use the update method from the other post.

Please note your AMD folders will be a bit different, but the update should be the same.

Ribsyj · Sep 20, 2013

By right click update?? Do u mean click on update or disable the standard?

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