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Blu ray playback issues on PC

newfoundglory
newfoundglory Posts: 1,912 Forumite
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edited 30 December 2009 at 11:12PM in Techie Stuff
I have fitted a Blu ray drive to my computer, but playback is not quite as it should be and i'm not sure what is wrong.

Computer is a dual-core Xeon 2.33GHz with 2GB and an NVIDIA 7300 GT 128mb DDR3 (PCI-E x1, not x16)

I am using PowerDVD 8 and a 20" monitor at 1280 x 1024. Picture quality is incredible, much better than non-bluray, but it stutters on fast action scenes and every now and again randomly. Any idea what might be wrong? Do i need a better graphics card?

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  • jaydeeuk1
    jaydeeuk1 Posts: 7,714 Forumite
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    I have fitted a Blu ray drive to my computer, but playback is not quite as it should be and i'm not sure what is wrong.

    Computer is a dual-core Xeon 2.33GHz with 2GB and an NVIDIA 7300 GT 128mb DDR3 (PCI-E x1, not x16)

    I am using PowerDVD 8 and a 20" monitor at 1280 x 1024. Picture quality is incredible, much better than non-bluray, but it stutters on fast action scenes and every now and again randomly. Any idea what might be wrong? Do i need a better graphics card?


    That is whats wrong. Buy a £30 ati 4350 or similar
  • aliEnRIK
    aliEnRIK Posts: 17,741 Forumite
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    Tried updating your graphics driver?

    Id guess your graphics card isnt up to the job as most computers struggle even displaying a small bitrate 1080P image, never mind a full blown high bitrate one
    :idea:
  • newfoundglory
    newfoundglory Posts: 1,912 Forumite
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    edited 31 December 2009 at 12:25AM
    Its a rather unusual one i'm afraid since I only have PCI Express slots up to size x8. This means a x16 card will not fit in my machine. AFAIK you cannot get PCI-E x4 or x8 graphics cards... only x1.

    You are absolutely right... i should update the graphics drivers and check the settings too.

    I am wondering if windows is also busy doing things which might be causing slowdown.
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