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Hi All -

I recently got my i3 Haswell NUC. I'm on windows 8.1 PRO 64 bit, 8 GB of 1600 ram, 80 GB 2.5 mechanical drive I had lying around and everything is great in XBMC itself. I had to do a few tweaks to get my media center remote working but other than that all files play smoothly which is the important part. Suspend from the menu and power on using the remote all work fine as well

On to my issue. I was hoping I could use this as my all-in-one media solution. XBMC for local files. Windows 8.1 for other stuff like netflix, youtube, amazon, etc.

However, I noticed some playback issues in youtube and amazon instant video and I'm not sure where to start. Viewing HD Videos for amazon (ex Season 8 of 24) results in a jerky mess. Even worse, I tried SD content and it't not as pronounced but it's still there. I tried this in Firefox and Chrome and saw the same thing.

I encounter a similar issue with youtube on SOME 1080p hd videos. Big Buck Bunny plays flawlessly but other videos like the one below studder and jerk endlessly. The entire time the CPU hardly goes above 25% so it doesn't appear to be resource related.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6v2L2UGZJAM

My question is does someone know what might be causing it? Should I have gone for the i5 or would that not make a difference? could it be browser related? I have the latest Intel HD drivers from December 2013. I also tried the drivers from October 2013 and same issue. Has anyone else observed this?

EDIT: I should mention I have my display set to 60Hz in the intel display setting however I don't think this has any bearing on my problem. Also streaming netflix in superHD using the metro app is flawless.