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  1. 14th Nov 2016 19:56 #1
    bitrape
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    Hello I would like to know what are the ideal specs, or minimum requirements, for a GPU in order to play 4k movies or Youtube videos?
    I am not interested in 4k gaming, just videos. Also do the RAM and CPU play a part too? If so, what are the minimum requirements for those two pieces of hardware?
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    My AMD RX 460 does pretty good with 4K HEVC content, using LAV Filters in MPC-HC. Before on my 2008 GPU, 4K content was pretty much impossible to play in real time (even 4K H.264).
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    One of NVIDIA's new GeForce GTX 1050 cards would also be a good choice, and not super expensive, although they are in short supply presently. They have DP 1.43, HDMI 2.0b, Dual Link-DVI, and HDCP 2.2 support, plus they can perform hardware decoding for VP9 and 4K HEVC.
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