Hi,
So as I say in the topic, although it seems I have a pretty decent system, the video gets choppy with most videos at 720p resolutions and above. My instinct would tell me that the graphics card I'm using is the culprit, but from what I read online it seems everyone thinks it would be more than enough (it's a Radeon HD 6570).
My complete setup is the following:
I am using 1 PC to use both as a "desktop PC", and media center. It has 2 graphic cards, one (a Radeon HD 3850) for 2 PC monitors, and the other (Radeon HD 6570, 2GB DDR3) for the TV. The processor is an Intel Core 2 Duo, at 2.66Ghz, and I have 3GB of RAM. I am using Windows 7 32-bit.
Virtually all my videos run flawlessly on the PC monitors, but if I drag them to the TV (or play them there in XBMC), the video is a bit laggy (unless it's low resolution). Another interesting thing is that, I also have a PS3 hooked up to the TV, and connected to the PC with an ethernet cable. Through the PS3, with PS3 Media Server, almost all videos run flawlessly too (unless it's a really big file).
So it really seems that the graphics card needs to be faster, but I admit it could be something else... I've tried changing all the system settings in XBMC to no avail, and even tried using another, slower graphics card (Radeon HD 4350). With that card, as expected, the choppiness does seem to be even worse.
Any suggestions? Thanks!
So as I say in the topic, although it seems I have a pretty decent system, the video gets choppy with most videos at 720p resolutions and above. My instinct would tell me that the graphics card I'm using is the culprit, but from what I read online it seems everyone thinks it would be more than enough (it's a Radeon HD 6570).
My complete setup is the following:
I am using 1 PC to use both as a "desktop PC", and media center. It has 2 graphic cards, one (a Radeon HD 3850) for 2 PC monitors, and the other (Radeon HD 6570, 2GB DDR3) for the TV. The processor is an Intel Core 2 Duo, at 2.66Ghz, and I have 3GB of RAM. I am using Windows 7 32-bit.
Virtually all my videos run flawlessly on the PC monitors, but if I drag them to the TV (or play them there in XBMC), the video is a bit laggy (unless it's low resolution). Another interesting thing is that, I also have a PS3 hooked up to the TV, and connected to the PC with an ethernet cable. Through the PS3, with PS3 Media Server, almost all videos run flawlessly too (unless it's a really big file).
So it really seems that the graphics card needs to be faster, but I admit it could be something else... I've tried changing all the system settings in XBMC to no avail, and even tried using another, slower graphics card (Radeon HD 4350). With that card, as expected, the choppiness does seem to be even worse.
Any suggestions? Thanks!