How much strength does a BD-drive need? - Blu-ray Forum

Elzeisa · 04-18-2009, 12:44 PM

hey guys .... i built a relatively low end htpc a year ago-ish and was thinking of adding a Blu-Ray drive to it.

i was just wondering how strong of a cpu and graphics card should i be running to have it run smoothly? i talked it over with some friends (who arent really reliable on this subject), but i was told that i should at least consider stuff in the mid-range (of current gen) for both cpu and graphics if i wanna be happy with it.

anyways .......... any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

RiseDarthVader · 04-18-2009, 02:21 PM

I beleive a 8600GT should be fine for that. Don't know bout other specs.

BLindsay · 04-18-2009, 03:07 PM

what does your system have for specs?

If you have a video card that offloads the work from the cpu you can generally get away with a lesser powerful cpu, but if you video card is older and only offloads a little of the decoding or none then you need a pretty beefy cpu

owa · 04-18-2009, 07:12 PM

I don't know how accurate it is but Cyberlink (the site for PowerDVD) has a BD advisor that checks your system to see if it's capable of running blu-ray.

http://docs.cyberlink.com/english/ev...sor/index.html

anntong · 04-20-2009, 03:53 AM

I beleive a 8600GT should be fine for that. Don't know bout other specs.

hiro1030 · 04-20-2009, 12:39 PM

My desktop (in my signature) is a mid-range system and it handles Blu-ray very well. Before I built this rig, I was using AMD Opteron 170 (1.99GHz x 2). I have tried ATI HD3870, HD4670 and Nvidia 8400GS with it and they all worked just fine also.

04-18-2009, 12:44 PM	#1
Elzeisa Member Member since:Mar 2009 4K collection:162 Blu-ray collection:536	How much strength does a BD-drive need? hey guys .... i built a relatively low end htpc a year ago-ish and was thinking of adding a Blu-Ray drive to it. i was just wondering how strong of a cpu and graphics card should i be running to have it run smoothly? i talked it over with some friends (who arent really reliable on this subject), but i was told that i should at least consider stuff in the mid-range (of current gen) for both cpu and graphics if i wanna be happy with it. anyways .......... any feedback would be greatly appreciated.

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04-18-2009, 02:21 PM	#2
RiseDarthVader Power Member Member since:Sep 2008 Location:Australia Blu-ray collection:136	I beleive a 8600GT should be fine for that. Don't know bout other specs.

04-18-2009, 03:07 PM	#3
BLindsay Power Member Top ranked HT gallery Top contributor Member since:Aug 2008 Location:MA Home Theater Gallery:59 4K collection:9 Blu-ray collection:25 Trading Score:12	what does your system have for specs? If you have a video card that offloads the work from the cpu you can generally get away with a lesser powerful cpu, but if you video card is older and only offloads a little of the decoding or none then you need a pretty beefy cpu

04-18-2009, 07:12 PM	#4
owa Blu-ray Knight Member since:Apr 2007 Blu-ray reviews: 96	I don't know how accurate it is but Cyberlink (the site for PowerDVD) has a BD advisor that checks your system to see if it's capable of running blu-ray. http://docs.cyberlink.com/english/ev...sor/index.html

04-20-2009, 03:53 AM	#5
anntong Banned Member since:Apr 2009	I beleive a 8600GT should be fine for that. Don't know bout other specs.

04-20-2009, 12:39 PM	#6
hiro1030 Member Member since:Nov 2008	My desktop (in my signature) is a mid-range system and it handles Blu-ray very well. Before I built this rig, I was using AMD Opteron 170 (1.99GHz x 2). I have tried ATI HD3870, HD4670 and Nvidia 8400GS with it and they all worked just fine also.

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