HTPC for bluray, P4 fast enough

Teaf · 3 Dec 2008 at 08:25

Wasn't sure where to put this since I'm asking about a bit of everything so I'd thought I'd ask in general. Got an old machine, P4 3.6 Ghz, 1GB DDR and wondering if I slot in a HD3450 would it be fast enough and cope well enough for Bluray movies from a LG Bluray player?

Cheers

mdjmcnally · 3 Dec 2008 at 08:26

Should do. Possibly upgrade another 1Gb but that would be just me.

Rangler · 3 Dec 2008 at 09:06

Providing you get the ATI to offload the HD content successfully you'l be fine.

When i run bluray my 4870 does 99% of the work and my cpu runs about 10% usage.

Teaf · 3 Dec 2008 at 09:52

Rangler said:
Providing you get the ATI to offload the HD content successfully you'l be fine.

When i run bluray my 4870 does 99% of the work and my cpu runs about 10% usage.

Doesn't the HD3450 do that automatically without me having to do anything? or do I actually have to do something in terms of changing settings for it to become the primary decoder for the HD stuff?

rpstewart · 3 Dec 2008 at 10:04

flibby said:
Doesn't the HD3450 do that automatically without me having to do anything? or do I actually have to do something in terms of changing settings for it to become the primary decoder for the HD stuff?

You'll need to use a codec which supports the offload to the GPU. One of the versions of PowerDVD does, not sure what else.

feriso · 3 Dec 2008 at 11:42

PowerDVD 7.3 and 8 are good for offloading to GPU; there are others but can't remember the names atm

edit : see this link here