4K video lagging playback. Which one should I upgrade, monitor or other component?

[yayamiza93]

Hi everyone. I have a question. My pc can't play some 4k videos smoothly. Some videos like 4k youtube videos can be played smoothly but some larger files lags no matter what player I use. I'm using 1080p monitor and my pc spec is i3 4160, 8GB RAM, and gtx960. So if I buy 4k monitor can I play all 4k videos smoothly? or should I upgrade my gpu ,ram, or cpu?
And another question, how can I convert 4k videos to 1080p without losing much detail/quality. I've tried some video converter, but the converted video loss a lot of detail. Thanks in advance, I really appreciate anyone that could help me.

 

[Petarded]

Should have no issues playing 4k! What drivers are you using? Are they all upto date?

 

[sizzling]

What's your CPU usage when having problems? Some video players are very CPU heavy and single threaded, if a thread is hitting 100% that will be the problem. If so you will want to try different video players unless someone can recommend a good one that uses the GPU

 

[yayamiza93]

Should have no issues playing 4k! What drivers are you using? Are they all upto date?

yes all my driver are uptodate.

 

[yayamiza93]

What's your CPU usage when having problems? Some video players are very CPU heavy and single threaded, if a thread is hitting 100% that will be the problem. If so you will want to try different video players unless someone can recommend a good one that uses the GPU

my cpu usage during the playback is around 70 -90%. it's the same for all player.

 

[sizzling]

But are any cores/threads hitting 100%?

 

[Suzuki@1473780084@1473780163]

A 4k monitor would make things better, yes. Right now its playing back 4k in 1080 which is more intensive than 4k on 4k

 

[yayamiza93]

But are any cores/threads hitting 100%?

thanks for replying. Actually I've found the solution. I use daum player and the all my 4k video can be played smoothly now. It's weird though because popular players like vlc & mpc can't do the job but the unpopular one can do.

 

[sizzling]

Chances are it uses the gpu more or is more multithreaded. Glad its sorted