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I have a video card that goes past 1920x1080 but my monitor only goes to 1280x1024 is it still possible to watch a video in 720p or 1080p
Obviously my desktop won't be at that resolution but if I am on youtube will it fit it to the screen?
I am having a problem watching video on my old computer it is very slow/laggy. The video is loaded not buffering but still playes very slowly.
512meg video card
1 gig ram DDR333 2700 Spectek
2500+ amd
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Old WD 80gig HDD
I am getting 2 DDR333 1 gig sticks next week through tigerdirect on the off chance that it is ram related. Only can have a max of 3 gigs so 2 is plenty.
What I am speculating is that because I am a noob I might also need to buy a monitor that supports higher resolutions.... Tho I have been using this one for 7 years. Only really since HD became a thing has it been slow to browse the web on... If it is the monitor I am going to feel a bit retarded for buying my new computer.
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your monitor is the wrong dimensions to do 720 or 1080 full screen without stretching or some distortion....
720 and 1080 are widescreen formats (16:9)
your screen is a 5:4 or basically the old crt type formats(which i think were 4:3)
upgrade your monitor...you can buy a pretty decent monitor for $200 or less during various sale times of the year
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p.s your computer is ancient...it's time to upgrade everything
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Also, 720P is crap compared to 1080P. Just fyi.
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It's not like it displays distorted it looks the same as the other computer pretty much I think the HD gamespot videos are actually 560/580p
I just know my computer seems to have a hard time with any videos past 480p. I think that's 1024x768?? Which would make sense I guess. Still if it dosen't perform better with more ram then I'll consider getting another monitor.
In the past week I spent $60 for a video card $50 for more ram 120 for a tech call and a new video card (temp) when it failed on me. Would't boot or beep or anything. I didn't have spares kicking around to test with.
So I don't really want to spend $200 for a monitor unless I am sure that will make a difference. This computer is just for web browseing it should be good enough for that..
That's sort of what I was trying to ask what was the min specs to browse youtube/gamespot and watch the videos in 1080p if they were offered.
I'd also prefer to keep the 4:3 aspect ratio because many of the games this machine runs don't support widescreen. I have many games going back to win95 a few that still work under dos as well. For the most part it works very well for what I use it for.
Just having a hard time with the internet right now which is no surprise as more and more HD content gets uploaded.
If I really want to watch in 1080 I have an Xbox360/PS3 or another computer to use that all support the format just fine.
Thanks tho..
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I know that one of the biggest reasons people can't play HD on their machines is because of the speed of the hard drive.
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Ya that was another concern I had as well... This computer was purchased in 2004 I am not sure what speed the drive is anymore.
I could not be lazy and look at the label maybe  what would a good min speed be for this do you think?
Trying to find where the bottleneck is before I just go and buy another computer. By the time I am done updrading this one and finding old parts which are hard to find these days it probably would of been easier to just get something at best buy.
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meh, typed a bunch of stuff out and then saw that you said it was for an old junker-type comp for playing old games...
why you still playing games from win 95? just get an emulator or something, doesn't seem worth it lol. And you can change the aspect ratio on your video card settings to 4:3 or 16:9, you don't have to use old stuff just for that reason.
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Ferrydust posted:
Also, 720P is crap compared to 1080P. Just fyi.
Actually 720p is true hd. up to about 32"-35" TVs that's normally all you see. From around 37" on up they switch to 1080p which just doubles the number of pixels because the pixels at 720 would get so large you would see the individual pixels. Like trying to blow up a picture that is to low res and it gets real grainy.
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newegg has a 24" Asus monitor on sale right now for $179.
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Crafty_ac2 posted:
Ferrydust posted:
Also, 720P is crap compared to 1080P. Just fyi.
Actually 720p is true hd. up to about 32"-35" TVs that's normally all you see. From around 37" on up they switch to 1080p which just doubles the number of pixels because the pixels at 720 would get so large you would see the individual pixels. Like trying to blow up a picture that is to low res and it gets real grainy.
Yep - if your screen/monitor/TV is <= 37" you don't really need 1080p because your eyes will have a very hard time seeing the difference, if any.
And, yes, get a new monitor -- but why would you want to watch HD on your computer screen and not your TV??
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I generally watch cable on my TV or play Xbox/playstation, then on the gameing computer I will be playing something MMO or whatever then on the old crap computer I browse the web or download files.
Just after my video card died last week I started thinking about it more, previous to this I just thought it was the GT6800 not being decent enough I hadn't really looked at the specs in forever.
I just use it to lurk here or play D2 I get bored during loading screens and need something to fiddle with. I know the new card can go to 1920x1080 easily enough.
So I get to wondering well if the card is good enough do I need the monitor as well to be able to play the video without frame skipping and stuttering.
It's not the web either because I can download the file and try and play it but it's fubar even from the HDD. I just thought maybe ACF would know if you needed both or if as stated above you would just get a warped screen.
I'll probably try and get a used screen someplace it would be a shame to lose the 4:3 ratio I really hate those bars on the side. Not sure if monitors come with the ability to stretch the image like most TV's do..
Anyway I appreciate the input I was just curious. The computer is running fine with the new card so far, when I get the ram next week it should run better then ever.
I quit using it to game around the time WoW came out I was having a hard time playing with a decent framrate I upgraded to 1gig ram and that helped a ton. Still it wasn't enough. I remember trying to play DDO at even low settings and it was killing my machine that's when I bought my 360 with one of the first HD tv's that had come out a crappy 19" prima that could barely pull off 720p.
A couple of years ago I picked up my 42" toshiba and have been happy with it ever since. It's great for playing the console games on and I do use it with my new PC sometimes to play games. Bioshock and Borderlands played great on it. Need for Speed the Run is also pretty awsome on it.
So for gameing I am set with decent equipment but this old beast is getting some love this month. Not sure I will buy a monitor I might just except the loss or if I am desperate find something to hook it up to. I just hate transfering cables all the time to change displays I'd rather set it and forget it.  I also have very little desire to spend any additional money on it. I think it might be on the verge of quitting for good. Mainboard will probably die next  I lost the PSU a couple of years ago now. Card this week so the CPU/MOBO is due.
I got very good use out of it, it's been on almost all the time for 7 years. I used to fiddle with it while playing xbox (loading screens) or during commercials.
Main reason I barely ever come back to a thread I am mostly just here when I am not paying attention to one of the other screens. I even had that 19" set up if I wanted to have all 4 going. That is a bit to chatoic to pay attention to tho I was going a little mental.
So now I just leave it to the TV and the two computers.
I used to work in shipping so I was pretty damn bored and needed the stimulation everday after work. These days I find I just want to shut everything off at the end of the day and sleep. Working as an Admin these days it's a harder job then I ever gave any of our secrataries credit for in the past. All I do is purchasing and inventory control I don't even have the fun of answering the phone every 20 seconds.
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