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does VLC support 6 cores when watching videos in hd

Postby crappy_chemicals » 13 Dec 2011 03:41

does VLC support 6 cores when watching videos in hd. im gonna buy a new pc with intel i7 990x but does it support 6 cores or should i stick with my core 2 duo wich laggs alot...
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Re: does VLC support 6 cores when watching videos in hd

Postby Jean-Baptiste Kempf » 13 Dec 2011 13:32

First, VLC 1.2 can use all 6 cores (VLC 1.1.11 does not). Then, you shouldn't buy a big CPU just for decoding Video, just activate GPU decoding.
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