Topic: PC Spec's thread

[[MAF]Karlis]

this is kind of a blind guess, but isn't there an option to configure screen outputs, since you have more than one?

also, did you plug it in your video card or motherboard? try the opposite.

[[LSR]Jalicno]

Thought I'd post here instead of starting a new thread.

I'm trying to play movies on my TV by connecting it to my PC. It works, I can see my PC playing on my TV, except when I use VLC, it just shows a blank screen, like when you try to take a screenshot and when you paste it it is just a black screen.

How can I fix that? Do I need a plugin or something for VLC? Thanks.

There is definitely problem with software what you using,since you have picture on both source TV and monitor.
I am not huge fan of VLC but seems there is overlay problem in settings.

try this
-> Go to Tools->Preferences->Video
-> Remove the tick for "Accelerated video output (Overlay)"
-> Try and play the movie again, you should now see output.

if that still doesn't make success my suggestion is to install BS player or some similar software they are more friendly to now days media files 

[[MAF]Cromiell]

1800 €

Did it come with SSD or Windows? That's imo very much.

[[MAF]Snoopy]

MPC ftw

[[LSR]Jalicno]

Price was fair for model what has 17.3 inch display 8 cell battery etc.. it is gamer machine what comes with high end components such as video card or processor plus genuine Windows installed,same as Alienware but slightly lower price than Dell's model 

[[MAF]Vertigo]

this is kind of a blind guess, but isn't there an option to configure screen outputs, since you have more than one?

also, did you plug it in your video card or motherboard? try the opposite.

It's in the GPU. The output works fine, just not with VLC.

Thought I'd post here instead of starting a new thread.

I'm trying to play movies on my TV by connecting it to my PC. It works, I can see my PC playing on my TV, except when I use VLC, it just shows a blank screen, like when you try to take a screenshot and when you paste it it is just a black screen.

How can I fix that? Do I need a plugin or something for VLC? Thanks.

There is definitely problem with software what you using,since you have picture on both source TV and monitor.
I am not huge fan of VLC but seems there is overlay problem in settings.

try this
-> Go to Tools->Preferences->Video
-> Remove the tick for "Accelerated video output (Overlay)"
-> Try and play the movie again, you should now see output.

if that still doesn't make success my suggestion is to install BS player or some similar software they are more friendly to now days media files 

I'll try these tomorrow thanks

EDIT: It worked! Thanks

[[MAF]Cromiell]

Wooo just tested GTA IV. Can finally play on maxed out settings with not less than 40 FPS

[[MAF]Snoopy]

Intel 3570k
HD 7850

[[MAF]Karlis]

lol the apu lived a really short life

[[MAF]Snoopy]

ahh no I still have it lol. I just can't decide wheather to go for a i5 3570k, fx 6300, or fx 8320 because I want a HD 7950 and I don't know if my 3670k will hold me back, even a 7870 I am worried about. I know more money should go intro graphics cards but I can't help worry lol. Although I was able to max any game out including crysis, and battlefield 3 at over 40fps with the 3670k CPU part only on a 7850.

My second 7850 died on me, I think it was the shitty brand I had. VTX edition :/ amazing APU though! Been playing a lot of FIFA 13 with it, no AA but max settings at 40fps.

On a budget of £800 but I only want to spend about £300- £350

[[MAF]Karlis]

on the one hand, a well balanced system i5 and lower gfx card would be better, as the higher offerings are usually aimed at 1600p/triple setups anyway, and, if you're gpu limited, you can turn the gfx down, but, if you're cpu limited, most likely the game just won't run no matter what (personal experience, when gpu is faster than cpu).
but on the other hand, although the MOAR CORES approach for amd doesn't quite work out yet as their per-core performance is bad, it might change in future as PS4 and most likely XBOX 720 too will have an amd cpu with 8 cores, so developers will finally spend time parallelizing the games, and the crappy ports(read: GTA V) should automatically run well on amd cpu's. Its not that intel will now be slow, it'll still be faster, but probably not that much. it's hard to predict though.

[[MAF]Snoopy]

Maybe I should get the new 7790, balanced between the 7770 and the 7850 for £120 and an i5.

I really don't know what to do. Been searching for days on what to buy

On the other hand I like how Intel's single threaded performance outperforms AMD's. I don't do much rendering I just use it as a gaming machine

[[MAF]Karlis]

from reviews it seems like 7790 is 84% of 7850 performance, so it would be bit like flipping the bottlenecks, still not balanced, although better.
aren't there any cheaper 2500K left around?

[[MAF]Snoopy]

I could have another look on Ebay.

Any idea how good this is?

http://www.overclockers.co.uk/showproduct.php?prodid=CP-432-IN&groupid=701&catid=6&subcat=1275

I'm going to by a 7850 2GB card no matter what. I just need a CPU decision now.

[[MAF]Snoopy]

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Intel-Core-i5-2500K-3-3-GHz-Quad-Core-BX80623I52500K-Processor-NEW-HEATSINK-/321095712368?pt=UK_Computing_CPUs_Processors&hash=item4ac2cbbe70