Is this spec good enough for Bluray?

Ben Cole · 15 Jan 2011 at 20:42

Just built myself a new media pc from bits I had lying around.

Spent £35 quid on a Gigabyte G41M-ES2L with onboard X4500 graphics. I've got 4gb of RAM and an E5200.

Is this good enough for BD?

I also have a XFX Radeon HD5450 spare. Would this be required?

Would it greatly improve things?

stulid · 15 Jan 2011 at 20:50

In this review - http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/htpc-graphics-cards.html

used this test system - http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/htpc-graphics-cards_5.html#sect0

and a selection of cards for blue-ray - http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/htpc-graphics-cards_7.html#sect0

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/htpc-graphics-cards_8.html

RJC · 15 Jan 2011 at 20:59

I did run a E2200 with a low powered GPU and 4th of ram, this played BR withOut a hitch

stulid · 15 Jan 2011 at 21:00

RJC said:
this played BR with a hitch

So what did you use to play without?

RJC · 15 Jan 2011 at 21:01

stulid said:
So what did you use to play without?

Go away

Ben Cole · 15 Jan 2011 at 21:46

Thanks for your input. So is the consensus that I do need the graphics card?

RJC · 15 Jan 2011 at 22:08

You should be fine without the gpu, it may be worth to have a go without, the gpu I used was the 4650.

chainy · 16 Jan 2011 at 12:33

stulid said:
In this review - http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/htpc-graphics-cards.html

used this test system - http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/htpc-graphics-cards_5.html#sect0

and a selection of cards for blue-ray - http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/htpc-graphics-cards_7.html#sect0

http://www.xbitlabs.com/articles/video/display/htpc-graphics-cards_8.html

Nice post. I was also looking for a new card for Blu Ray playback. Very helpful indeed