Video uses 100% CPU

[mbkraus]

Hello everyone,

I just bought a 23 inch LCD monitor (1920x1080), and I'm having some issues running video.  The screen looks great in full resolution, and video works fine, when its a small size.  When I try to enlarge the video, from say a site like Hulu, my CPU usage goes to 100% and the video is extremely jerky.  When I decrease the resolution, I can increase the video size.

My question is, is this most likely a computer issue or a video card issue? If it is a video card issue, could I just upgrade in order to fix it, or will the slow processor keep me from running full video no matter what type of video card I have?

Specs:
Pentium 4 - 2.53 Ghz
1.50 GB RAM

Video Card:
ATI Radeon 9550 - 256 MB DDR

[EEVIAC]

Have you tried updating the driver for the video card, or reinstalling the driver?


Which version of Flash Player are you currently using?  Hulu requires 9.0 or higher...

edit: you could also try uninstalling Flash Player and REinstalling it..

[T-Rex]

Well technically it could go either way , some older drivers may fix the issue as well.