Alternative Video Player to Quicktime X That Renders x264 Fast

Hi all,
I am looking for alternative video players for mac os x (snow leopard) that can render x264 fast. I have 4 gb. ddr3 ram and 512 mb. dedicated gforce ram, however I still cannot get enough performance while watching blu-ray films that are generally high definition (720p) and are encoded with x264.
So, I wonder what player do you use, and are you happy with it? I am open to all suggestions, and here are some observations I have had up to now.
- quicktime x player: first loads the whole movie which takes a really looooong time, than plays nice. Due to initial loading time, I skipped it.
- VLC: has problems with framedropping (I don't know why and how I can handle it)
- mplayer osx extended: Great especially if you increase its cache to maximum. However has a fair initial loading time when you do that and eats lots and lots of ram. I currently use this one.
- movist: was good at the beginning however I think it has problem with rendering internal subtitles.
Thanks in advance,

Try VLC
<http://www.videolan.org>
It has playback setting to improve playback speed.
<http://www.chipmunkninja.com/1080p-MKV-playback-on-Mac-1r@>

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