Sufficient Video Hardware For Blu-ray Writer?

Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Silverthunder, May 27, 2019.

  1. Silverthunder

    Silverthunder Sergeant

    The system requirements for the Asus BW-16D1HT Blu-Ray writer say
    Graphics Card: NVIDIA GeForce 7600GT or ATI X1600 series or above Use HDCP Compatible display and VGA card to High Definition digital output
    Source: https://www.asus.com/us/Optical-Drives-Storage/BW16D1HT/specifications/
    I am confused as to exactly what that is saying.
    I am not sure I would meet that requirement. My graphics hardware is integrated onto the chipset of my motherboard, I believe.
    When I go to device manager, I can see that this is the chipset that I have
    https://ark.intel.com/content/www/us/en/ark/products/27720/intel-82945g-memory-controller.html
     
  2. Silverthunder

    Silverthunder Sergeant

    I see that the GeForce card that the blu-ray manufacturer mentions on their page is a 256MB video card. Source:
    https://www.nvidia.com/page/geforce_7600.html
    I'd guess that my onboard video is 128MB or 256MB.
    I also have the owner's manual for the motherboard that's in my computer as a PDF (Asus Leonite P5LP-LE). However, that does not seem to give any more information about the video hardware.
     
  3. Eldon

    Eldon Major Geek Extraordinaire

    I doubt the PC will cope with displaying Blue-ray videos.
    The motherboard uses DDR2 RAM.
    What OS are you using?
     
  4. Silverthunder

    Silverthunder Sergeant

    Windows 8.1. However, the computer originally shipped with Vista.
    Do you think I will be able to write data to blu-ray discs?
     
  5. Eldon

    Eldon Major Geek Extraordinaire

    It's difficult to give you a definitive answer.
    The motherboard is ±10 years old. The CPU, RAM, chipsets, disk controllers, etc. have limitations.
     
  6. Silverthunder

    Silverthunder Sergeant

    Understandable. It's not like the manufacturers make a list of all hardware that's compatible or not compatible.
     

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