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Can your Video Card affect what movies you can watch?

Since when I watched a 720P movie it sometimes started to lag...

ATI MOBILITY RADEON XPRESS 200

128MB is my video card

zyndr0m · Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:32 am Post subject:

I dont think the case here is the graphic card, whats your ram atm? Maybe thats the one that couldn't keep up with the fps.

FullyAwesome · Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 1:46 am Post subject:

you should be able to watch a movie with that, because that's what i have in this asus laptop i'm running now, x200m. movies run perfectly for me, but i upgraded an extra 1gb of RAM.

hcavolsdsadgadsg · Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:36 am Post subject:

Your CPU is likely the bottleneck

FullyAwesome · Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:37 am Post subject:

what kind of computer are you running? if it's a laptop, what's the model?

Cheetah · Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:51 am Post subject:

On modern systems, the video card handles the decoding of video. So yes, with a weak video card like that you're unlikely to be able to watch HD content.

FullyAwesome · Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:53 am Post subject:

Ajax · Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 10:11 am Post subject:

The GPU does affect what you watch because it's what powers the whole movie with the screen and view and stuff like that. But even a crapper GPU can run a smooth video. So it might be that your CPU is very weak and it can't keep up with the FPS needed.

undeadkillers · Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 11:09 am Post subject:

Video card- can play a major role, doesnt the GPU power everything in your computer that you see?I have a ATI HD2600, tho its low in power, it plays movies great.

rapion124 · Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:51 pm Post subject:

Your video card does not affect whether or not you can watch videos, especially those with high bitrates (HDTV or BlueRay). You should still be able to watch them without lag if your CPU is strong enough (Pentium 4 @ 2.0Ghz is sufficient) and you have enough RAM (1+ GB). If your video card doesn't support hardware video decoding, expect your CPU usage to be at 100% when watching a BlueRay movie. You should still be able to watch it and the quality is still the same, but unfortunately you can't be doing something else while watching the movie.

Cheetah · Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 2:52 pm Post subject: