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

Andybtsn · 7 Sep 2017 at 11:53

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.

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

CEUOTC · 7 Sep 2017 at 18:25

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

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.

Andybtsn · 7 Sep 2017 at 21:50

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?

MOOGLEYS · 7 Sep 2017 at 22:48

Try downloading CCCP plays everything fine for me....

http://www.cccp-project.net

ic1male · 8 Sep 2017 at 11:35

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.

Andybtsn · 11 Sep 2017 at 15:16

MOOGLEYS said:
Try downloading CCCP plays everything fine for me....

http://www.cccp-project.net

Thanks, that worked!