How powerful of a system do i need to run seamless 1080p

[bartle70]

Hello,
I have a dell inspiron 560 with windows 7 64 bit. 8GB ram, and a Nvidia ge210 Graphics card.
Processor: Intel(R) Core(TM)2 Duo CPU E7500 @ 2.93GHz, 2936 Mhz, 2 Core(s), 2 Logical Processor(s)

I use Vlc and for the life of me I cant play 1080p without lag.

Can anyone help me?

 

[COLGeek]

Have you enabled hardare acceleration in VLC? Also, what file format/container are you using?

That system (hardware-wise) should play most 1080p video formats without too much trouble. Sounds more like a configuration issue.

Last, are your video drivers up to date?

 

[clarkjd]

... a Nvidia ge210 Graphics card.

I think I've found your bottleneck..the 210 is just barely above integrated graphics in terms of performance..

 

[COLGeek]

I think I've found your bottleneck..the 210 is just barely above integrated graphics in terms of performance..

While the 210 is definitely not a powerhouse, it is capable of playing 1080p when properly configured. We need to answer the previous questions before we declare the 210 as the problem. Agreed?

 

[clarkjd]

While the 210 is definitely not a powerhouse, it is capable of playing 1080p when properly configured. We need to answer the previous questions before we declare the 210 as the problem. Agreed?

Agreed. Always try to find a free or low-cost solution first.

I didn't notice that the OP was only trying to watch videos, I thought he was having issues gaming @1080P. My bad!

 

[bartle70]

All the drivers are updated. I am using .mkv and x264 files. I downloaded KMPlayer and that helped some videos but not all, for example Tron Legacy Bluray.

 

[COLGeek]

So, you are using VLC and KMPlayer for watching BD media? Or, are these converted files?

 

[alnikki25k]

Ok, try using this player.

http://mirillis.com/en/products/splash.html

Has really good Hardware Acceleration support. See if it suffers even in that.