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re: Will upgrading memory improve video streaming?
Posted on 6/10/15 at 8:42 pm to AubieALUMdvm
Posted on 6/10/15 at 8:42 pm to AubieALUMdvm
It can, yes. However, your bottleneck could be elsewhere just as easily and perhaps more likely, in which case the RAM upgrade wouldn't do anything to help with streaming specifically. 2GB should be plenty for high-definition video streaming.
Can you be more specific about the problems you're having with streaming? For example, sites that work well, sites that don't work well, the symptoms you're having (choppy, long buffer times, flickering, artifacting, etc), whether you're streaming on battery or plugged in, Internet speed, router you're using, etc.
Can you be more specific about the problems you're having with streaming? For example, sites that work well, sites that don't work well, the symptoms you're having (choppy, long buffer times, flickering, artifacting, etc), whether you're streaming on battery or plugged in, Internet speed, router you're using, etc.
This post was edited on 6/10/15 at 8:46 pm
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Posted on 6/10/15 at 9:16 pm to ILikeLSUToo
Yes, sorry for being so vague.
Mostly just choppy play. I turned off hardware acceleration b/c i read that could improve it.
Occasionally occurs with Youtube but more commonly when I'm on sketchy sites to view shows/movies ---vidbull, vodlocker, video.me, etc... I recognize that these sketchy sites may very well be the problem but I wouldn't be able to say why.
Download speeds average 21 Mbps. Usually streaming plugged in but I was not aware that could affect it. I'm currently using a Motorola Surfboard 6121 Modem (195? Mbps) and a Netgear N300 wireless router.
I guess I just suspected my computer b/c I tested the exact same links on my iphone and it played them perfectly using the same internet speed, router, etc...
I should also problably add that the computer does seem a little slower in general (seeing the ol color pinwheel more often than I used to). My wife comments more and more the past 6 months that her general browsing (pinterest and facebook) is a bit slower and she too has the computer freeze up a little.
I routinely use Avast to try and clear out any mal/spy ware crap but that's about as technical as I get.
Thanks for your help by the way.
Mostly just choppy play. I turned off hardware acceleration b/c i read that could improve it.
Occasionally occurs with Youtube but more commonly when I'm on sketchy sites to view shows/movies ---vidbull, vodlocker, video.me, etc... I recognize that these sketchy sites may very well be the problem but I wouldn't be able to say why.
Download speeds average 21 Mbps. Usually streaming plugged in but I was not aware that could affect it. I'm currently using a Motorola Surfboard 6121 Modem (195? Mbps) and a Netgear N300 wireless router.
I guess I just suspected my computer b/c I tested the exact same links on my iphone and it played them perfectly using the same internet speed, router, etc...
I should also problably add that the computer does seem a little slower in general (seeing the ol color pinwheel more often than I used to). My wife comments more and more the past 6 months that her general browsing (pinterest and facebook) is a bit slower and she too has the computer freeze up a little.
I routinely use Avast to try and clear out any mal/spy ware crap but that's about as technical as I get.
Thanks for your help by the way.
This post was edited on 6/10/15 at 9:21 pm
Posted on 6/11/15 at 7:19 pm to ILikeLSUToo
Any additional thoughts on this? Should I go for it? 4GB or 8?
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