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You have more than my old laptop?

by R. Proffitt - 3/7/13 1:07 PM

In Reply to: Playing Smooth 1080p Video by muffimm

I have this Lenovo Y530 w/ an Intel 4500MHD video so it does have HDMI so that's nice enough to play HD with VLC PLAYER.

You seem to have same amount of RAM, similar CPU power and a semi-dedicated GPU so it should be fine.

My OS is the Lenovo supplied OS so there is no issue with drivers.

And if you are going to want to search out a video card, try that ATI 5450 1GB card for about 32 bucks.
Bob

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ATI 5450...

by Willy - 3/8/13 9:53 AM

In Reply to: Playing Smooth 1080p Video by muffimm

Graphics: ASUS VS247 (1920x1080@60Hz) 64MB GeForce 6150 LE (Dell)
>>>>>> you posted...

You have only 64mb of video ram for your video port. It's NOT going to work well covering 1080p and 24in. monitor as you already saw. You need at least 512mb or better, like 1gb of video ram(on video card). Take that info and find the cost you can bare. Robert offered the ATI 5450, but the 5550 maybe slightly more in cost but better. You could find one with 2Gb of ram and that's even better, plus both have HDMI port, what a match. The beauty of these cards is they will generally be supported by the current PSU, so you don't have to upgrade it. BUT!!! if you get some super-duper hot video card, then a better PSU should be part of the upgrade as well for long lasting operation.

When you get the new video card, clean out the dust bunnies while you have the PC case open to help overall.

tada -----Willy

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Ahh, wait a second.

by R. Proffitt - 3/8/13 9:57 AM

In Reply to: ATI 5450... by Willy

I own the y530 and it has none of those "creds" yet plays 1080p without a glitch. It's smooth as it can be so it makes me wonder how high the hurdle is for 1080p HD playback is.

So the y530 on a 47inch HDTV at 1080p is doing fine here. Why?
Bob

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Possible clue

by Willy - 3/8/13 10:46 AM

In Reply to: Ahh, wait a second. by R. Proffitt

Depending on your mtrbd. and it can by default, provide added "video ram" from system ram. It just does and it has to be in some default mode to do this. I found this out, once the mtrbd. is fully populated with ram it lends that extra ram to video. I see mine adding up to 1mb or maybe that's a total of 1mb. I had a 512mb video card and saw the extra ram reported in the video section of properties. Once you select better video display(defaults should kick-in) it tends to get from system ram to support better the video output. I found this out by accident and happy that it does this as I use now a 23in. monitor.

Here is a possible explanation of all this...

http://www.gtaforums.com/index.php?showtopic=386405

tally ho... -----Willy

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Thanks.

by muffimm - 3/8/13 11:43 AM

In Reply to: ATI 5450... by Willy

Thanks. The 5450 is my favorite out of the ones I've seen so far, and I think I'm going to purchase it. I just need to know if there's anything else I need to worry about before I buy it. Will the physical size be a problem? Should I crack open my case with a measuring tape just to make sure it'll fit? (Or is that only a problem worth caring about for big-ass high-end cards?)

Thanks for the help!

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Paper dolls.

by R. Proffitt - 3/8/13 12:16 PM

In Reply to: Thanks. by muffimm

Don't laugh. When my friend was worried we cut out some cardboard to mock up the card to see if it fit.
Bob

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PCIe 1.0

by muffimm - 3/8/13 2:05 PM

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OK, I have one more problem... sorry. Will the ATI 5450 work with my PCI Express 1.0a (at least I think I have that.. source: http://www.dell.com/downloads/jp/products/optix/OptiPlex_740_TechSpecs_070326.pdf)? The 5450 is for PCI Express 2.1 (apparently... source: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16814102882). Man... If it doesn't work, I'm back at square one. :/

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I read PCIe x16 so that's the slot to use.

by R. Proffitt - 3/8/13 2:25 PM

In Reply to: PCIe 1.0 by muffimm

Where did you read this would not work in PCIe? Once in a while folk think it matters which version it is, but for now, it rarely matters.
Bob

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