Rittberg Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Hi, I am using an HTPC & DVBViewer to watch broadcasting via satellites. Today with the upcoming 4K & UHD channels, It seems to me that I must upgrade my HTPC. I will glade to hear what is the PC specification in order to watch the 4K & UHD channels fluently ? Thanks, Rittberg Quote Link to comment
Griga Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Most important is a graphics card / chip that supports HEVC decoding (including 10 bit color depth). Otherwise it will even push a fast CPU to its limits. Quote Link to comment
Rittberg Posted December 19, 2017 Author Share Posted December 19, 2017 34 minutes ago, Griga said: Most important is a graphics card / chip that supports HEVC decoding (including 10 bit color depth). Otherwise it will even push a fast CPU to its limits. Hello Griga, So, what is your recommendation for a graphics card/chip card ? So it will be possible to run fluently with my present processor ( Q9550) and with a recommended graphics card ? Or I have to replace also the processor? Thanks, Rittberg Quote Link to comment
Griga Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 I don't know. Someone else with more experience than me must take over... Quote Link to comment
nuts Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 AMD Polaris and Nvidia Pascal both support HEVC 10bit decoding. I would recommend Nvidia with 4GB GPU-RAM atm. Quote Link to comment
Rittberg Posted December 19, 2017 Author Share Posted December 19, 2017 Hello Nuts, Thanks, Please, can you be more specific - I mean what model of Nvidia with 4GB GPU-RAM you recommend? Do you believe that I can keep my Q9550 processor? Thanks. Quote Link to comment
nuts Posted December 19, 2017 Share Posted December 19, 2017 Nvidia Pascal GPU with 4GB GPU-RAM (i.e. GTX 1050 Ti). And yes you can keep your Q9550 cpu if your gpu can do the decoding for HEVC. Quote Link to comment
Rittberg Posted December 21, 2017 Author Share Posted December 21, 2017 (edited) Thanks, So I am going to replace the GPU, In order to be in the safe side, should I go with the GTX 1060 or even the GTX 1070 or it will over kill? Thanks again. Edited December 21, 2017 by Rittberg Quote Link to comment
nuts Posted December 21, 2017 Share Posted December 21, 2017 If you dont need high quality video processing via GPU (madVR etc.) a GTX 1050Ti with 4GB RAM is fast enough. Quote Link to comment
Rittberg Posted December 23, 2017 Author Share Posted December 23, 2017 Ok, So, I purchased the GTX 1060 (just to be in the safe side) and after installing it in my Q9550 PC, the computer was not able to boot …. Now I must upgrade the all PC, I am not going to use it for games, only to be able to watch fluently the UHD 4K channels. My planes to go with: CPU: I5 – 7500 M.B.:Asus Prime Z270-K + 8 G Ram And the GTX 1060. I will appreciate to hear comments from experienced members if the above-mentioned configuration, is sufficient for fluent and smooth UHD 4K channels. Does members watch the UHD 4K channels with HTPC ? Thanks, Quote Link to comment
Rittberg Posted December 26, 2017 Author Share Posted December 26, 2017 UPDATE: Finally, the new GTX 1060 is working with the old Q9550 system. The problem was a bad PCI-E power connector to GPU. I can confirm that watching the UHD 4K channels is fluent and smooth with very low CPU consumption. 1 Quote Link to comment
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