@Capman911
Regarding Internet bandwidth
It looks like you may be bandwidth starved at certain times and under certain Internet conditions. If you were to constantly get 1611 kbps, you would be fine for watching videos in the Normal mode. Selecting HD, you would be bandwidth starved.
I am watching that same HotForWords video right now as you displayed above.
Using my NetPerSec graph, the download bandwidth in NORMAL (HD button is black) is 900 kbps. In HD (HD button is red) the bandwidth is 2,600 kbps. That means you are right on the edge of being able to receive the video and buffering is inevitable.
If you were to randomly pick other YT videos, you would see some videos use much lower bandwidth, let's say around 500 kbps. You would receive those without buffering.
Regarding PC performance
Your CPU usage is slamming into the 100% area.
I see you have 2 GB RAM. I only have 1 GB RAM and I am blazing.
Let's compare my system that is blazing and yours which is CPU starved.
Threads: You: 831 Me: 399
Processes: You: 70 Me: 36
Memory Paged: You: 103MB Me: 64MB
Cached: You: 1224MB Me: 433MB
Free Physical Memory: You: 7MB Me: 472MB
Look at the number of processes you are running. Way too many.
Look at the Free Physical memory. You only have 7 MB left. I have 472 MB and I have less RAM to begin with.
On the surface one might argue and say that since you have more memory you can afford to load more programs. The problem is that those programs can also eat up CPU horsepower. So, when people argue that you need more RAM is wrong unless one has a specific reason, such as using certain programs that require it. You are probably using it mainly for the Internet, email and a few other tidbits none of which should be loaded unless you need them.
My RAM usage is way under 50%. Yours is over 50%. Look at the number of Processes you are running. Most people run about 70 and that's why they can't watch videos without buffering. Get rid of your Processes you don't need and I can tell you you don't need 40 of them. If you bring your processes down to 40, your system will be blazing. I can tell you how to do that in the Registry. You will want to remove the items in the RUN folder in the Registry. If you have never done it before, be careful or your system may crash. I can give you instructions and you need to follow them precisely.
Are you using an external video card as opposed to the one on your motherboard? If I remember correctly you added one last year? If you are using an external video card, then you should have no problems once you remove the processes that are starving your system.
