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jamee...

if i was to get a new CPU which would you suggest ?

and i know it ain't a straightforward one out and one in job.

Jan 31, 2025 -- 8:03AM, HappyHibby wrote:

jamee...if i was to get a new CPU which would you suggest ?and i know it ain't a straightforward one out and one in job.

Do you mean upgrading the processor in your existing machine? It's not an easy job unless you are used to installing PC components. You need to unfix the existing cooling system, pull out the existing processor, then install the new one with thermal paste and reinstall cooling. You also need to make sure the new processor is compatible with the motherboard and fits into the right socket. What processor do you have again?

aye i saw it on a youtube video jamee...

didn't look that difficult tbh...

not sure if you have to rebuild windows or anything  tho ?

i5 - 7500 CPU @ 3.4GHz.

I wouldn't have thought you need to reinstall Windows, but I've never done it before so you'd need to check.

The socket type of the i5-7500 is LGA1151 so you'd need to get a processor that fits. A quick internet search suggests this goes up to 9th generation, which is 6 years old, so i9-9900K would be the fastest you could get. https://www.pcguide.com/cpu/guide/best-lga-1151/ This still only gets a score of 18219 (compared to 6032 for your existing processor though), but it's going to cost you £380. https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/2910vs3334/Intel-i5-7500-vs-Intel-i9-9900K You'd probably be better off getting a new PC or laptop with a more modern processor. AMD probably offer more bang for your buck.

If this is still about skipping BFL video then I really would try a mobile internet connection first.

dont need a new processor..my lenovo laptop is bout 7yrs old i7 7500 CPU 2.7GHZ..brilliant laptop..never missed a beat.

thanx for that info jamee...

i don't have a mobile that can take data tbh...

i think it ain't capable of connecting to 4G tbh...

i wouldn't really want to use the phone anyway as i'm one of those folk who says that the more you put on there the more trouble you can get in if it gets nicked/hacked...

i'll just have to sit and suffer i think...

RTV LV had been fine for days and then yesterday it started up again...

i still don't think it's anything to do with my PC tbh  but i thought i'd ask about the CPU anyway.

i tend to agree tbh Mr.Hunt...

it's all a bit strange...

i know folk who have the same issue i have with RTV LV which makes me believe it's nowt to do with MY equipment.

if you open up Task Manager...

i have 64 Background Processes running...

is that normal ?

and i've got 84 Windows processes running !!!

I've got 60 at the mo.

60 background, 95 Windows processes

What's the CPU% and memory% figures at the top of each column?

CPU 5%

Memory 44%

Disk 1%

Network 0%

That's when there is no BLV race currently playing...

i will do it when the next at Dundalk starts to see what that shows.

just watched Meydan race...

CPU was between 10-14% jamee.

same for Dundalk.

That's all nice and dandy. Find someone with a mobile phone and trial with their mobile internet connection.

got a pause at Southwell jamee...

CPU% hardly changed...

net time my mate pops down i'll ask him about his mobile.

next.

had a few glitches at Dundalk there...

CPU% never altered jamee.

Dundalk 6:45...

glitching just as they went off...

closed the browser i was using down (Brave)...

ran CC Cleaner...

used the LV on GRuss and no glitching thereafter...

not sure if that helps jamee ?

Why are you using such a niche browser?

Are you sure the issue is not the browser? What happens if you run the streams in Firefox, or Chrome, or Edge?

i've tried the all jamee...

trust me...

i'm told CHROME is the one to use but it fks up on there too...

anyway i found something interesting...

Dundalk 7:15...

opened up Brave again and it was glitching...

i closed it down and opened the race on Gruss...

and it was glitching...

closed it and ran CC Cleaner...

opened the race on Gruss again and no glitching...

so could it be something in the background causing the glitching (that is there when a browser is either running or hasn't been cleaned out by CC Cleaner ?).

coz that was pretty clear jamee.

btw i've tried all the browsers in INCOGNITO mode also...

still got the glitching.

It's not the browser, it's the low latency HLS codec Betfair stream with. The lower the latency, the worse it is. The video is delivered in files. The files are between 1s and 2s in duration. If a single packet is lost over the internet, that entire file is lost and the video will glitch for the length of the 'file. Netflix and other streaming sites are similar, except those files are delivered to your TV reliably. Any lost packets are re-requested, but the re-requests add delay. Hence re-requests are Ok for movies but not for near live streaming

Actually, it's not BF who do the streaming, it's TRP
RMG use a much more efficient codec (webRTC). You're not streaming from BF
BF provide the player, but the streams come direct from TRP or RMG

Big Cat has appeared...!!!

cheers for the above...

but why does it not affect everyone BC ?

i know other people who get this yet some are prefectly fine...

i mean i'm FTTP 156mbps...

on a very quiet network (Netomnia)...

That's not even strictly true either because RMG/TRP/SIS or whoever send the content to an ISP and the stream comes from the ISP.

i knew that tbh Big Cat...

we just access it from Betfair but it's the same stream on Purple also.

so Big Cat...

given my internet is pretty decent imv...

why am i getting glitching on RTV BLV ?

and some folk aren't.

Packet loss is the enemy. One individual will experience packet loss over the internet and over the home wireless at a different time from another individual. The ISP from where the content is streamed may suffer packet loss at source (in which case everyone moans at the same time), but that's much less common

so i contacted youfibre and they told me to do a Packet Loss test thingy...

i did it to betfair.com...

and it had ZERO packet loss...

i'm thinking i should have done it to another website tbh...

but i've no idea which one tbh.

Home internet connections are reasonably cheap. Your ISP does not guarantee a perfect service. It's just that most folk wouldn't notice if their service isn't perfect because they aren't doing it in on BF
The internet is inherently unreliable. It is a 'best effort network. Even if you paid 20K a year for a dark fiber into your house, you'd still get packet loss. Don't let the kids download their XBox games whilst you're punting for starters and that might cost you dearly!

The stream comes from 'the cloud' You do not know where it is coming from as 'the cloud' is everywhere

it's only me here Big Cat....

nobody else whatsoever...

and like i say the Netomnia network will not be a busy one.

i'm still not sure why it affects some folk and not others tbh Big Cat...

any clues ?

There isn't much you can do about it. Same for everybody. RMG is better than TRP because of the codec RMG's ISP use. That's also why RMG is a lot quicker. I don't know why TRP stick with their ISP and the legacy codec that ISP uses. I asked them once at a trade show and they didn't want to give an answer

ATR has a new stream Big Cat...

waiting to be 'integrated'...

it's been there for weeks now.

It's not an exact science. One person's internet path from the cloud to their home is never the same as another's. Playing the stream on the computer is not an intensive task, so any reasonable computer will be OK. It would work much the same on a fairly **** computer in my experience

so i'm stuffed RTV wise Big Cat...

still no idea why EVERYONE isn't affected tho tbh...

can you tell me at all ?

ok cheers Big Cat...

i'll just have to accept it...

did you see my posts above where i used CC Cleaner and it was fine for that race ?

I don't know. Unless you live in the sticks. Changing provider might help. I never use wireless for one thing. I have a 30m cable going round the outside of my house to the BT box

i changed provider not long ago...

FTTP 156mbps...

i ain't changing again coz it's great apart from BLV.

Maybe an uncluttered browser might help. One that you use for BF only. stop it getting full of unwanted add-ons. I'm a network person, not a computer man

i use a hard connection Big Cat...

so definitely not a wireless thing.

i've tried that tbh Big Cat...

think i downloaded Avast or something and only put Betfair on it...

still got glitching.

Anyway, I've got a £2.5K workstation, cable to the BT box and 1G fibre service and I get glitching. My workplace has 3x10G internet pipes and it glitches there too. Streaming over the internet to many many users simultaneously at very low delay is challenging

cheers for that Big Cat...

hopefully folk on here have read that...

i didn't think it was MY equipment tbh...

ta.

RTV LV is shocking here today...

constant glitching.

Big Cat...

this is what i can't get my head around...

Sandown must have glitched a dozen times...

Wetherby not once...

so what's the difference between the two races iyv ?

Sandown shocking again...

can't be a coincidence imv...

something different about Sandown imv.

it's been the same for Haydock over recent weeks...

absolutely shocking...

maybe the Saturday main meeting is done differently ?

something weird going on anyway.

wetherby 2:08...

was shocking on Chrome...

switched to Gruss and it was fine...

i'd love to know why that was Big Cat ?

he's lion down

i wonder if Big Cat can answer this Q please ?

why is Newmarket shocking (and i mean about a dozen big glitches in the 2000 guineas) here today...

and other RTV tracks are fine ?