Glitchy picture and sound bad video card?

[patio]

Sneak up behind the PC and scream...

[Transfusion]

Yes it will, but the image outputted will look slightly blurred because your GFX card is outputting at lower than optimal resolution. Setting it to a lower resolution will stretch the picture to fit your screen.

Well if i is over 6 years old it from before HD's time. A new video card should help it out but the CPU might just not have enough juice to run it.

I guess this statement might correspond to Flash media, which is CPU-intensive.

Sneak up behind the PC and scream...

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[Lumpy44]

Ya I do see a pretty good lag on non-flash stuff too. Like HD youtube videos on this old comp I now use as a server.
It doesnt have the best video card but a weak CPU and a super good video card doesnt mean it will stream 1080p like a dream does it?

[Transfusion]

YouTube is flash-based...
But yeah I do agree with you unless you are... say... bitcoin mining I do not see any reason to get a Celeron D and then pair it with a HD 5970.
Media players still require CPU resources-even with GPU Purevideo HD there is still ~5% CPU usage:
http://www.google.com.hk/search?gcx=w&client=aff-cs-360chromium&ie=UTF-8&q=1080p+cpu+intensive
http://www.avforums.com/forums/home-entertainment-pcs/876788-only-5-cpu-usage-when-playing-1080p-h-264-mkv-files.html
http://forum.notebookreview.com/lenovo-ibm/171999-whats-your-cpu-usage-while-playing-1080p-video.html