My brother wants 1080p playback with his 2.8ghz Pentium 4

**XDanger** · 12-27-09, 01:09 AM

Whats the cheapest graphics card that will do that?

He's not interested in gaming.

shteve · 12-27-09, 04:27 AM

Something like this?

ViN86 · 12-27-09, 07:47 AM

You just need a decent GPU. Check out the GT 240. (assuming the machine is PCIe)

**Rakeesh** · 12-27-09, 09:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by XDanger

Whats the cheapest graphics card that will do that?

He's not interested in gaming.

Try playing it in xbmc. It'll probably do it just fine in software alone. Some players, e.g. WMP, VLC, and a few others will play like crap even on much faster computers. But players like XBMC or MPC-HC will happily play on almost any circa 2002ish or later CPU.

If it does run a little choppy, then try pretty much any 8k series nvidia card, even the el cheapo ones.

ragejg · 12-27-09, 09:45 AM

Which 2.8 is it? Does it have HT? 533? 800? ... 400?

And what sort of slot is there for vidcard expansion?

Eliminator · 12-27-09, 10:11 AM

i doubt 1080p will be possible with that system without a decent video card... i have a laptop with a 2.8ghz P4 (non HT) with some intel extreme gfx crap and 720p is fine but anything more wont work

**mullet** · 12-27-09, 11:36 AM

I believe the 2.8 P4 is single core with AGP. If so a single core will struggle.

**XDanger** · 12-27-09, 12:49 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by ragejg

Which 2.8 is it? Does it have HT? 533? 800? ... 400?

And what sort of slot is there for vidcard expansion?

The board has PCI-E so it must be a 775 so I'm guessing its a 2.8ghz 520, It does have HT so its an 800fsb.

I'll get him to run sandra or something when I can contact him to get some more details.

ragejg · 12-27-09, 01:44 PM

Make him be happy with 720p.

ninelven · 12-27-09, 10:01 PM

AMD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131178

NV: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814134089

12-27-09, 01:09 AM	#1
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12-27-09, 04:27 AM	#2
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12-27-09, 07:47 AM	#3
ViN86 Registered User Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 15,486	Re: My brother wants 1080p playback with his 2.8ghz Pentium 4 You just need a decent GPU. Check out the GT 240. (assuming the machine is PCIe)

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12-27-09, 01:44 PM	#9
ragejg nV News Alumni Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Finger Lakes of Hell, NY Posts: 5,399	Re: My brother wants 1080p playback with his 2.8ghz Pentium 4 Make him be happy with 720p. __________________ 2010-2011 Reviews: GTX 570 \| GTX 580 \| GTS 450 \| GTX 460 \| GTX 465 Pre-2010 Reviews: 6600 GT \| XMS 4400 DDR \| SilenX Cooler \| 6800 \| 5900 XT \| Personal Cinema \| 5900 NU ______________________________________________ Phenom II x6 1090t @ 4.0 ghz \| Asus M498TD-EVO Am3 SLI nForce 980a \| 2x EVGA GTX 560 SLI \| 2x4gb DDR3-1333 \| Antec EarthWatts EA650 PSU \| 60gb Mushkin Calisto Enhanced Sandforce SSD \| 2x WD2500KS RAID 0 \| Sunbeam Tuniq 3 case \| 24" Asus 19x10 LED LCD \| 26" Panasonic 720p TV \| Sidewinder X5 mouse \| Logitech MX5500 & Revolution mouse \| Altec Lansing 5.1 THX-Certified audio \| Win 7 Ultimate \| desk \| couch "Stars must die so that I may live. I... stepped out of a Supernova."

12-27-09, 10:01 PM	#10
ninelven Registered User Join Date: Jan 2003 Posts: 132	Re: My brother wants 1080p playback with his 2.8ghz Pentium 4 AMD: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814131178 NV: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Produc...82E16814134089