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<blockquote data-quote="pirivan" data-source="post: 246783" data-attributes="member: 65342">Hi Luke16, it sounds like Milanp is FAR more of an expert, however I can tell you this.A)&nbsp; I upgraded the CPU and now I can playback 180p content without any issues (however mine WAS pegged at 100% during playback)B)&nbsp; I highly doubt that it is your video card.&nbsp; As I learned basically nvidia cards do NOT help with the playback of h624/x264 encoded content AT ALL (the exception being the 8600 series I believe).&nbsp; So your video card should not be helping (at ALL) or hindering the playback.&nbsp; If you want a video card that does help get an ATI 3000 series (if you do be aware that it might not help on ALL 1080p files, if they are encoded in a way the 3000 series software doesn't understand the playback won't be assisted by the video card).C) The BEST codec for 1080p content is Core AVC. Unfortunately it is a 'pay for' codec but you will get a lot better performance out of it than out of ffdshow for 1080p content.&nbsp; However, in my case while it improved performance on my PC the CPU was still underpowered so I had to upgrade it anyhow.&nbsp; So your mileage may vary even using the Core AVC.Those are just my 2 cents based on all the research I did trying to resolve my problem.&nbsp; In the end, throwing money at it resolved my problem.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="pirivan, post: 246783, member: 65342"] Hi Luke16, it sounds like Milanp is FAR more of an expert, however I can tell you this. A) I upgraded the CPU and now I can playback 180p content without any issues (however mine WAS pegged at 100% during playback) B) I highly doubt that it is your video card. As I learned basically nvidia cards do NOT help with the playback of h624/x264 encoded content AT ALL (the exception being the 8600 series I believe). So your video card should not be helping (at ALL) or hindering the playback. If you want a video card that does help get an ATI 3000 series (if you do be aware that it might not help on ALL 1080p files, if they are encoded in a way the 3000 series software doesn't understand the playback won't be assisted by the video card). C) The BEST codec for 1080p content is Core AVC. Unfortunately it is a 'pay for' codec but you will get a lot better performance out of it than out of ffdshow for 1080p content. However, in my case while it improved performance on my PC the CPU was still underpowered so I had to upgrade it anyhow. So your mileage may vary even using the Core AVC. Those are just my 2 cents based on all the research I did trying to resolve my problem. In the end, throwing money at it resolved my problem. [/QUOTE]

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