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by shaml_v

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HI THERE PEOPLE, I M WANTING TO KNOW WHAT COULD BE WRONG WITH MY PC AS WHEN I WANT TO PLAY A VIDEO FILE IT SOMEWHAT PAUSES AND PLAYS AND PAUSES KINDA THROUGH OUT.MY PC HAS THE FOLLOWING SPECS
COMPAQ EVO DESKTOP P4 1.7 GHZ, 16MB VANTA AGP, 512 RAM, 40 GB HDD, DVDR\W.
I HAVE LOADED ALL DRIVERS FOR NVIDIA AND FRESH INSTALLED IT ALOT OF TIMES. BUT I SIMPLY CANNOT WORK OUT WHAT IS WRONG I WENT TO DRIVER AGENT. COM BUT IT SAYS MY DRIVERS ALL ARE OKI AND UP TO DATE.

I REALLY NEED TO KNOW HOW CAN I FIX THIS?SHOULD I GET ANOTHER AGP CARD OR PCI CARD TO SOLVE THIS PROBLEM OR MAYBE SOME OTHER ADVICE YOU ARE WILLING TO TELL M

ANOTHER FINK THE PROCESSOR IS ALWAYS AT 100%..

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by irishmike

Hi

What you may need are the correct codecs. go to www.download.com and download the Windows Essential Codec Pack> its free and will allow Windows Media Player to play 99% of all video files

Also a better graphics card should be put in place as 16MB is very very low! most graphics cards come with 512MB now

by shaml_v

i may just agree but bro explain is a 8mb graphics card can run video properly than why dosnt 16 run it properly??

by irishmike

Ahh OK you didnt mention a 8MB graphics card before hand. There are more tomgraphics cards than just the RAM alone as it depends on the RAM it has (weather it is GDDR, or DDR2 etc) and also what the GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) is but to be honest boosting your RAM and and graphics card will help alot

Also I would try out VLC player as we use this at the media company I work for and it is alot more efficent than Windows Media Player and can play more types of files. Also it is free as well so dont worry you dont have to pay anything for it.

by bizzo

It may be that your machine is simply way under spec.

by peconet tietokoneet

If possible put in at least 1GB or 2GB of ram, then your dvd films will play more smoothly.

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