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    Go 7950GTX and Youtube o.O ?

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Erekson7, Oct 21, 2013.

  1. Erekson7

    Erekson7 Notebook Guru

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    Heyyy my graphics card says it has "Nvidia Purevideo" but when I went to watch a youtube video in 1080p my cpu utilization was 99% which is strange. Someone told me I have to buy the decoder ? but I payed $150 for the gpu upgrade in my xps m1710 and shouldn't it be free if my graphics card says it features pure video ? because my $40 sonly bdp s-300 is cheap and plays videos better in hd :/ :confused:

    help would be insisted ?
     
    Erekson7, Oct 21, 2013
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    Have you checked that you're running the latest drivers?
     
    Jarhead, Oct 21, 2013
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    Erekson7 Notebook Guru

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    Yes im running the latest driver's from nivida which are 179.48 I believe oh and your profile says we both live in sc.
     
    Erekson7, Oct 22, 2013
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    Neat.

    Anyway, I Googled Purevideo and it looks like you indeed need to purchase it if you need it: PureVideo Decoder | NVIDIA. Probably, the "PureVideo" label on the GPU might simply mean that it's able to run the software. Anyway, there's a 30-day trial so download it and see if it improves things.
     
    Jarhead, Oct 22, 2013
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    Did you check if hardware acceleration enabled in flash?
     
    R3d, Oct 23, 2013
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