c/hardware · by floppingfish@lemmy.world · 291d

Upgrade HP Pavilion p6-2100?

I have an old HP Pavilion p6-2100 with an AMD A4 A4-3420 CPU and I am trying to dedicate it to Plex and Stremio. When I use it with Stremio the CPU is pegged and there is a lot of lag between the video and the sound. Would updating it with a new video card resolve this?

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Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 291d (5 replies)

What content (codec, resolution) are you working with? The iGPU should support x264/Xvid hardware acceleration.

Can you validate that hardware acceleration is working?

I am assuming the CPU is going to struggle with 1080p x265 (let alone AV1), so if you have x265 countent, you'll need a cheap, somewhat recent dGPU.

floppingfish@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 291d (4 replies)

Thanks for your thoughts, but I'm sorry I am a noob, and I don't understand most of your comments.

I'm streaming shows on Stremio, I select 1080p feeds and each has latency. I checked the System Monitor and the CPU is pegged at 100%. As I understand it the graphics are integrated with the CPU. My hope was that if I got a decent video card (such as AMD Radeon RX 550) that would take enough of the load to eliminate the lag. Is this a good approach or is this pc just too old?

Alphane_Moon@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 291d (3 replies)

Hehe, all good.

I was wondering why your CPU is at 100% and if you are actually using using your integrated graphics to play the video.

I am speculating whether you even need to buy a GPU, perhaps it is possible to enable your player to explicitly use integrated graphics to play video content.

Maybe check the player settings, something about hardware acceleration settings.

Hopefully, that makes a bit more sense. :)

floppingfish@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 291d (2 replies)

It does make more sense, thanks. I will check the player settings tonight, especially around hardware acceleration. Thanks again.

floppingfish@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 290d (1 reply)

I looked into the settings, located and turned on hardware acceleration. I tried watching a show this morning and it worked. I left the show going while I did some chores and, unfortunately, when I came back to it the program was locked up. I'll try it again tonight (and look into what 'hardware acceleration' means ) :-)

Thanks!

floppingfish@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 288d

I watched a few shows and that seems to have resolved it. THANKS!!