Monday, May 7, 2012

Will upgrading my video card help much in this case?

I don't have a DVD player, so I watch my HD(720p) movies on my computer.



Computer: HP Pavillion

Processor: AMD Ahlon 64 X2 dual-core

Memory:3072MB

Screen: Sanyo DP32648 720p TV

Current Video card: NVIDIA GeForce 6150 SE (Actually, is this the video card? It says "Graphics by NVIDIA.")



So, should I buy anything for better viewing, or would an upgraded video card not effect it?



Tell me what to get, or to not get anything, please.



Thanks in advance|||I'm assuming you have playback performance issues. If not, then don't worry about it.



If you're talking about H264 or VC-1 videos, a modern video card would help a lot. An HD 4350 should accelerate most videos up to 1080p, but if you want anything like picture in picture you should spring for the HD 4450. Nvidia's 9400GT is also an option you might look at.



And no, the 6150 is not a video card, it's a video chip. Fine for most things, but not HD video acceleration.|||First off, yes that is the video card.



Upgrading your video card helps if you have bad picture quality ( freezing and stoping) but if your movies play great just leave it and save yourself money.



If your fine with watching movies on the computer instead of the T.V, stick with it.



P.S Get a new Video card if you want better fps ( Frames per second) but make sure it's compatible with your computer.|||Are you able to watch movies OK currently? You don't actually say whether you are satisfied with movies currently. Playing movies does not need a mega video card anyway.



If you were playing 3d games then yes your video card would be underpowered for that.



Apart from that your system looks quite reasonable for power and RAM etc.

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