- Jan 4, 2005
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I have a lovely little Shuttle with a Socket 939 4800+ running at stock with 2 Gig RAM (OCing is, alas, out of the question). I'm seriously thinking of popping a 9600GT or 9800GT into it (it's a NVidia video-based system and running the latest drivers, so I want to keep things simple), adding a $100 BD-ROM drive, and using it upstairs with one of the cheap new 1920x1080 Asus LCD monitors as a hidef playback system, instead of buying a standalone BD player.
But the big question is, does the 4800+ (2.4 GHz, 1 MB cache/core) have enough oomph for skip-free 1080p playback? If not, obviously the standalone is needed.
But the big question is, does the 4800+ (2.4 GHz, 1 MB cache/core) have enough oomph for skip-free 1080p playback? If not, obviously the standalone is needed.