HTPC Question for a 58" tv.

[wickedsnow]

I just built an HTPC for my 58' plasma (600hz) It's a true 1080p tv.

I only plan to use it for blueray and light gaming, like eve online or farcry. Maybe dragon age.

The specs are:

AMD P2 550 3.1ghz stock
4 gigs of gskill ddr2 800mhz ram
msi 785g chipset microatx mobo.
seagate 7200.12 500gb HDD.
500-watt psu. (full atx)
dvd-burner
and a sappire 4670 gddr3 1gb videocard.

I built the machine with window 7 pro, and drivers only. It;s an offline pc, no antivirus or office etc etc. windows drivers only.

I seem to get massive studdering with any 1080p hd video i watch (digital on my nas) even eve online studders a bit. I'm pretty sure that I have enough horsepower for my tv, but I'm not ccertian if a 58" requires more than a 4670 can put out. There was a 5770 1gb for 20 bucks more I was thinking about..... Any suggestions on my studdering? Or if my videocard is enough for a 58" tv?

Any help would be awesome!

 

[gkay09]

^ Never estimate the graphics power required by the size of the TV...
It depends solely on the resolution...
So a 1080p 58" monitor like yours and a 1080p 21.5" monitor require the same amount of graphics power...

And I really dont see any bottleneck in terms of the power required for playing HD video on that setup...Have you checked if you had installed the video drivers properly ? and is the onboard video disabled ?
Did you try playing HD video via the onboard video(The 785G chipset can play 1080p videos without any issues) ?

 

[apache_lives]

doom3 will run on any of todays video cards at any res yet the latest games will NOT - judging by resolution is 100% BS - buy something that suits your needs at your budget, not by resolution.

 

[gkay09]

^ Well you cant totally ignore the resolution...

 

[wickedsnow]

Well, everything is a fresh install, and yes all the drivers are the latest and installed correctly. It's weird, eve online doesnt take much and yet it studders. Occasionally I'll get some graphic glithing. But i'm not sure why. My temps are under 30c 24-7. My psu is a PC&Powercooling 500W, which is overkill for the 4670. Maybe I should use a gtx260 instead? or maybe a 5770? I'm certian that I have enough power for 1080p playback of both blueray and Light games, but heck, my computers sure acting strange.

No i didn't try using the native onboard 4200hd to play blueray because I wanted something that can also do a bit of gaming. I did purchase a 1.4 spec hdmi cable just in case, and it seemed to help the studdering just a bit. I'm fresh out of ideas.

 

[wickedsnow]

Update: I changed the 4670, for a 1gb 220gt by evga, zero problems. Prob just a bad card.

 

[gkay09]

^ Good know its fixed...