I was running an HD Video file (1080) with power DVD without hardware acceleration and I got CPU usage 80% average. When I enabled Hardware acceleration it dropped to 30%-40%.
Download Power DVD trial version. Then download Purevideo. Install both and enable Hardware acceleration in configure...
Thanks everybody for the replies. I think I will be upgrading my PSU before I buy a HDD. Since my parents have promised me only a $60 upgrade, I'll upgrade my PSU and maybe in a few weeks I'll upgrade my HDD.
How about overclocking your current setup. But the Pentium D @ 3ghz should handle HD video. My Pentium D 820 at stock 2.8GHZ handles 1080 videos just fine with maximum CPU utilisation at 52% or so. If you find it does not it could be overheating and throttling.
I'd suggest going with a cheap...
I remember somethink like that happened with my !GB Kingston Flash Drive. I used a utilty made by Panasonic to format the card and it worked. I think it was called Panasonic SD Flash
I will be ordering it through a relative in Chicago, USA within a week or so. Pl recommend one as fast as possible. It should be from a reputed store like newegg or fry's etc. Also as I will be using it as secondary storage do I have to reload windows or something? I think I don't have to but...
I am currently running on a 300watt PSU. My computer occassionally freezes. I suspect it is the PSU. On all the PSU calculators I tried - showed the minimum wattage required at around 350watts for my rig. I may soon upgrade my CPU and graphics card to an E2180 and 8800GT respectively and would...
You could check out the WINPVR150(l.p.). In this link I saw it for $68.
http://computers.pricegrabber....ure-devices/m/5592985/
I own one and am very sattisfied with it. It runs both - on Windows XP MCE 2005 as well as Windows Vista Ultimate.
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