2008-12-14, 02:38 PM
I use a 1.6M Pentium M with a Nvidia 7300LE.
When I set the graphics card output resolution to 576 Freeview (broadcast in 576) plays super smooth.
When I play back 720p content I manually change the output resolution to 720p and again I get super smooth playback.
Howeve if I leave the graphics card output set to 720 and then try and watch freeview (broadcast in 576) then it stutters.
This is become more of a problem when I get round to DVB-S and try and play back BBC HD in 1080.
Could I get around this stutter when watching 576 content with the graphics out put set to 720p by updating my processor. Or even better would a better graphics card (ati 4350 or 4550 - tried 3450 didn't work) allow stutter free playback.
Another way is to use automatic refresh rate changer and set it up for hot keys but I would prefer a fully automated method.
When I set the graphics card output resolution to 576 Freeview (broadcast in 576) plays super smooth.
When I play back 720p content I manually change the output resolution to 720p and again I get super smooth playback.
Howeve if I leave the graphics card output set to 720 and then try and watch freeview (broadcast in 576) then it stutters.
This is become more of a problem when I get round to DVB-S and try and play back BBC HD in 1080.
Could I get around this stutter when watching 576 content with the graphics out put set to 720p by updating my processor. Or even better would a better graphics card (ati 4350 or 4550 - tried 3450 didn't work) allow stutter free playback.
Another way is to use automatic refresh rate changer and set it up for hot keys but I would prefer a fully automated method.
MSI FA-4 speedster, Pentium M 2.0, 2 gig memory ,nvidia 210, Samsung Ecogreen 1.5 Terabyte Hard Drive