How to tell, before buying, if a given graphics card will play Full HD video?
- by Dominykas Mostauskis
I am looking for the cheapest video card that would be capable of smooth playback of Full HD (1080p) video on a Full HD screen.
An answer by @Mikhail on a related question briefly mentioned that:
performance of video playback is largely dependent on the video
accelerators present [in the card]
Is this true? Could anyone expand on that?
Are there any benchmarks or specifications that could be used to tell if a given (low-end) card can play Full HD video smoothly? Benchmarks I encountered are oriented towards computer games, and using them to evaluate video playback performance may be less-than-optimal, I imagine.