Dell Inspiron 15-7000 Laptop - Why can't it play 2160p footage smoothly?

Andybtsn

Andybtsn

Andybtsn

Don
Joined
23 Oct 2005
Posts
44,386
Location
North Yorkshire
Gaming and multimedia-powerhouse featuring Windows 10 Home, the latest 7th generation Intel® Core™ i7 Quad-Core processor, powerful graphics, dual drive and Full-HD anti-glare display.
Click to expand...

2160p content is just choppy, laggy and a poor experience. Either I'm doing something fundamentally wrong or a £1k Laptop isn't up to it! Any ideas?

One concern is the dual GFX...I would assume firing up such content the nVidia would be utilised but could it be the on board HP jobby being used too?

Thanks
 
Andybtsn said:
2160p content is just choppy, laggy and a poor experience. Either I'm doing something fundamentally wrong or a £1k Laptop isn't up to it! Any ideas?

One concern is the dual GFX...I would assume firing up such content the nVidia would be utilised but could it be the on board HP jobby being used too?

Thanks
Click to expand...

The 2160p content. Is it via Edge, Chrome, VLC etc?

Have you ensured via the Nvidia control panel that the 1050/1050Ti is selected as default?

Only have the 1050 + 1080p panel on mine.
 
VLC. Yes tried changing the default, it has not changed anything. I'm still adamant it's not using the correct gfx but not sure how I check whilst the video is running?
 
Two things to perhaps check

1) You've got GPU decoding enabled in the settings
2) You haven't left any post-processing filters on such as sharpening

The Kaby Lake processor should handle 4K video by itself right up to 10-bit HEVC streams.
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top Bottom