[method115]

I was going to see if someone could help me find a good but budget GPU to run my blurays. I've been using the G1610 which was I got from another thread that said it would run all bluray movies. While it's done an amazing job I noticed stutter in two different movies I own Pacific Rim and I forget the other movie. I'd like to eliminate this stutter completely but I'm afraid of looking up an old thread and buying a card that's just going to leave me in this same situation.

Also my friend has this exact same video file running in XBMC flawlessly. He built an HTPC/gaming machine though so it's a lot beefier then what I have. I've noticed it seems to happen when a lot of particle like effects are happening (which is a lot in pacific rim).

[bluray]

Any of these cheap card should do the job-

XFX AMD Radeon HD 6450

EVGA GeForce GT 610

[method115]

Any of these cheap card should do the job-

XFX AMD Radeon HD 6450

EVGA GeForce GT 610

Awesome thanks again.

[DrDaxxy]

Do you have hardware video decoding set up for your G1610? It really should be fast enough to play blurays stutter-free.

[method115]

Do you have hardware video decoding set up for your G1610? It really should be fast enough to play blurays stutter-free.

I did have it turned on when the stutter happened but I recently turned it off because I read it shouldn't be on. I haven't had a chance to watch the movie again and see if the stutters stopped.

[Hedda]

Best are Nvidia GPUs that support fifth generation PureVideo HD and Nvidia Feature Set D (or "VDPAU Feature Set D")
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_Pure...reVideo_HD
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_Pure...ture_Set_D
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nvidia_Pure...HD.29_GPUs

[bluray]

Do you have hardware video decoding set up for your G1610? It really should be fast enough to play blurays stutter-free.

I did have it turned on when the stutter happened but I recently turned it off because I read it shouldn't be on. I haven't had a chance to watch the movie again and see if the stutters stopped.

I had a very similar CPU. The operation and playback were not as fluent and smooth as I want it to. I installed a very cheap HD5570 card in it. It made everything much more fluent and smoother. I hardly hear any fan noise from the CPU fan afterward. To me, it is worth it to throw in a cheap card to help out the less than powerful CPU.....

[method115]

Do you have hardware video decoding set up for your G1610? It really should be fast enough to play blurays stutter-free.

I did have it turned on when the stutter happened but I recently turned it off because I read it shouldn't be on. I haven't had a chance to watch the movie again and see if the stutters stopped.

I had a very similar CPU. The operation and playback were not as fluent and smooth as I want it to. I installed a very cheap HD5570 card in it. It made everything much more fluent and smoother. I hardly hear any fan noise from the CPU fan afterward. To me, it is worth it to throw in a cheap card to help out the less than powerful CPU.....

Yea the cards you showed me are very cheap I can get them for $30 which is nothing to me really. I think I'm going to do it everything has been great with the HTPC it's just those two movies I noticed an issue and I'd rather avoid it if possible.

[method115]

Do you have hardware video decoding set up for your G1610? It really should be fast enough to play blurays stutter-free.

I did have it turned on when the stutter happened but I recently turned it off because I read it shouldn't be on. I haven't had a chance to watch the movie again and see if the stutters stopped.

I had a very similar CPU. The operation and playback were not as fluent and smooth as I want it to. I installed a very cheap HD5570 card in it. It made everything much more fluent and smoother. I hardly hear any fan noise from the CPU fan afterward. To me, it is worth it to throw in a cheap card to help out the less than powerful CPU.....

Does the amount of RAM matter? I found a 6450 but it only has 512MB of RAM.

[bluray]

I did have it turned on when the stutter happened but I recently turned it off because I read it shouldn't be on. I haven't had a chance to watch the movie again and see if the stutters stopped.

I had a very similar CPU. The operation and playback were not as fluent and smooth as I want it to. I installed a very cheap HD5570 card in it. It made everything much more fluent and smoother. I hardly hear any fan noise from the CPU fan afterward. To me, it is worth it to throw in a cheap card to help out the less than powerful CPU.....

Does the amount of RAM matter? I found a 6450 but it only has 512MB of RAM.

Not unless you play game, 512mb version should be fine for bluray 1080P, and here is a full spec on a similar card- HIS 6450 Fan 512MB DDR3 PCI-E DVI/HDMI/VGA.....

[method115]

I had a very similar CPU. The operation and playback were not as fluent and smooth as I want it to. I installed a very cheap HD5570 card in it. It made everything much more fluent and smoother. I hardly hear any fan noise from the CPU fan afterward. To me, it is worth it to throw in a cheap card to help out the less than powerful CPU.....

Does the amount of RAM matter? I found a 6450 but it only has 512MB of RAM.

Not unless you play game, 512mb version should be fine for bluray 1080P, and here is a full spec on a similar card- HIS 6450 Fan 512MB DDR3 PCI-E DVI/HDMI/VGA.....

No intentions of going back to PC gaming. Went ahead and ordered the card for $23 bucks flat, thanks for all the help.