choppy when playing full screen 720p youtube video
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jeprox :
i thought it might be the cpu 
because i did all those things you suggested, ie, update drivers, browser, flash etc..
512mb graphics card is enough to play HD video in ideal conditions?
because i did all those things you suggested, ie, update drivers, browser, flash etc..512mb graphics card is enough to play HD video in ideal conditions?
Did you try with Firefox or Chrome as well?
I believe 512MB is more than enough to play HD movies. By the way, that's just the quantity of memory on your card, when shopping for a video card you need to look at the power and speed of the chip too (video card processor). The graphics processor on the 4300 must be pretty weak for today's standard. However, to play HD movies you don't need that much, so I would think this is enough. For instance, my parents have a HD Radeon 2600 XT and that's even weaker than your card and they have no problem...
Ironsounds
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Hello... A better video card would help alot... but not all 1gb video cards are the same or good... What is your budget and Location/buying choice?
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It's hard to tell for sure. The CPU could be the other bottleneck. Pentium-4 are getting pretty old now. So I'm not 100% sure that upgrading the video card will solve the problem.
But first of all, I don't know if you already did the following: Make sure your GPU drivers are up to date, same thing with your browser version and Flash player version. Maybe try with a different browser too to see if the problem is the same.
But first of all, I don't know if you already did the following: Make sure your GPU drivers are up to date, same thing with your browser version and Flash player version. Maybe try with a different browser too to see if the problem is the same.
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jeprox :
i thought it might be the cpu because i did all those things you suggested, ie, update drivers, browser, flash etc..
512mb graphics card is enough to play HD video in ideal conditions?
because i did all those things you suggested, ie, update drivers, browser, flash etc..512mb graphics card is enough to play HD video in ideal conditions?
Did you try with Firefox or Chrome as well?
I believe 512MB is more than enough to play HD movies. By the way, that's just the quantity of memory on your card, when shopping for a video card you need to look at the power and speed of the chip too (video card processor). The graphics processor on the 4300 must be pretty weak for today's standard. However, to play HD movies you don't need that much, so I would think this is enough. For instance, my parents have a HD Radeon 2600 XT and that's even weaker than your card and they have no problem playing HD movies. The difference though, is that it's paired with a Core2 Quad-Core and your Pentium-4 is only a single-core.
The best thing to do to be sure, would be to borrow a more powerful card from a friend and try it in your PC if that's possible. But my feeling is that your CPU is hurting you more than the GPU.
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Hello... what monitor and connection are you using, also your screen resolution and freq? What is the exact card Number? Model?
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