can you computer handle 4k60fps youtube video?

[Jelly_]

internet speed is not my problem   

 

Meanwhile in Finland.

[VolkA]

So far so good for me on the 4K 60fps on youtube

[WildChickenNutz]

my pc plays it just fine after i let it dl i only have 5mb down and 2mb up i7 4790k @4.8ghz and a 970 at 1552

[Stuff_]

Setting the video at 4k and full screen I start showing issues. 

My CPU load reaches 100% as well, and it's because of the video/Chrome.exe process.

 

My internet loads it fine, but the video itself can have skips in playback.

 

Running a core i5 2500k and GTx 670.

[MLGLYNN]

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[aaronu]

Meanwhile in Finland.

ohh dude that satellite internet  

[Guilty Baby]

Plays as smooth as butter and only takes a few second to load. Running on a 4790k rig in signature and a 300Mbit/s internet. Around 80% load on CPU (91% max and 69% min) with 10 Chrome tabs open and foobar.

[Guilty Baby]

The real question is can your computer handle 4k60fps at 2 times speed?

[TheProfosist]

If your wondering depending on the codec and just that's it's 4K it's very likely that your cpu is doing the decoding. 4K is not standard and there is not yet a codec settled on for it so the likelihood that it's being hardware decoded is quite low.

[fallingantivist]

I can handle up to 1080p @ 60fps with my horrible 12 down 0.6 up connection. I live in the middle of nowhere.

[TrickedProGaming]

My Internet can't even play back 1440p... MY internet bandwith bottlenecks it. 

[nightraver47]

you will need to have a beffy computer for that. lay out the specs and i might be able to tell you what you need to upgrade.

[IMPERIUS]

Lol can barely handle 720p

[JoshB2084]

Nope.......My crappy AMD PC can't handle 1080p60 and higher.

[Guest Strangerbob]

youtube 4k video quality has finally surpassed the quality of what REAL, uncompressed 720p looks like

[CrusaderNINE]

4690k @ 4.6GHz went to 80-90% usage and the playback was choppy, so what did I do? Open another window of the same video... 100% usage, VERY choppy videos, much fun, such resolutions, wow.

[Guest]

I can't stream youtube in 4K60fps yet but as soon as it becomes avaliable I expect it to run fine on internet explorer/edge. I've never had problems with these two browsers they both seem to be using the GPU instead of the CPU.

[RollinLower]

my PC can handle it, my internet connection just can't

[nightraver47]

All you need is more ram and more cpu power and a better gpu.

[dcb-z]

Runs perfectly fine for me. It uses all my cores and threads, though:

[Husky]

My computer lags when playing it, but if I play it in 4k 60FPS on my phone - no problem.

[KemoKa]

My computer can definitely handle it. It's just that Comcast are sociopathic megalomaniacal dickwads. If I were living in Hong Kong, Taipei or Japan, then this would be a non-issue. Or Estonia for that matter, because gigabit fiber is standard.

 

Thanks, America.

[typographie]

mine cant.. even with 2x 680sli

 

Your computer certainly can—nearly any modern computer could handle it. But it takes a ton of downstream internet bandwidth. Your video cards are doing next to nothing.

[R3bellion]

If i tried i bet it would die INSTANTLY. I mean i can run it at 720p60fps with no problem but if i try 1080p30fps, nope.

[Arty]

i3 @3.4 ghz  just fine.   25Mbps internet