The second line Viewport/frames tells you if any frame was dropped, that means, if your hardware couldn't handle the video anymore and started to drop frames. Right-click on the video and click "stats for nerds"Ĥ. Open Chrome or Firefox, and go to this 4K 60fps video:ģ. So, when you post the results, you must tell us what resolution you are working with in Windows settings.ġ. If you are using a 4K monitor and Windows is set to 4K resolution, your hardware will have to work harder. Your screen resolution also affects the performance.
We don't want to test this under old software or browser. Latest version of Chrome (version 77) or Firefox (version 69).
if your PC is in poor condition, that could be the reason why it's not capable of playing back fluently the videos.ģ.
A clean PC without malware or bloat ware: no apps consuming resources, no virus, malware crap, etc. Internet Speed: at least 50Mbps, if you have low internet speed the video could be freezing because your speed, not your hardware.Ģ. What you are supposed to have before the test:ġ. Your GPU can help if your browser or app has hardware acceleration, but keep in mind it's a CPU intensive task. Online video decoding is handled mostly by your CPU, so it's the CPU the one that must be powerful.
Sure, YouTube might end up adding 8K resolution in a few years, but, in my opinion, that's simply overkill. And I believe it's going to be that way for a while (many years). Good question, same reason: it looks like 4K 60fps is the most demanding video quality you can ask for today, without going overkill. OK, 4K is the "future standard", but then, why the 60fps? Today, in 2019, a FullHD resolution is good enough to really enjoy a very high quality video, but the 4K resolution has been around for a while, and to make a PC "future proof", I think it's better to have something that can handle 4K resolutions easily. Hi, a lot of people ask what are the minimum requirements to handle 4K 60fps video playback, specially in YouTube and other online media sources, to check if their PC is good enough for a Home Theater PC (HTPC), or if it will instead lag and freeze.