[mythtv-users] New Sandy Bridge Chips......Intel on chip GPU capable of VDPAU performance?

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Tue Sep 14 15:32:58 UTC 2010


On Tue, Sep 14, 2010 at 10:02:20AM -0400, mike wrote:
> On Tue, 14 Sep 2010 02:46:10 +0100
> Another Sillyname <anothersname at googlemail.com> wrote:
> 
> > The new Intel Sandy Bridge chips were announced today that will
> > include up to 8 processors (mid next year) and Hyperthreading so 16
> > virtual processors.
> > 
> > They also include a new on chip GPU.
> > 
> I recently switched from Nvidia graphics to Intel Core i3-530 CPU with
> integrated graphics. In my combined backend-frontend this easily
> records 4 HD streams while simultaneously commflagging all 4 HD streams
> and watching video.
> 
> For mythtv the Intel integrated graphics performs just as good as my
> Nvidia 9500 graphics card with or without vdpau. Plus you have a low
> wattage, powerfull 2.92Ghz dual-core (4-threads) cpu for

...well, that's the key there. A nice fast Intel core can easily handle
just about any video you would try to throw at it. The GPU doesn't matter
so much anymore. The main problem would be building or buying a complete 
system that includes it.

   I would be worried about how hot it runs.

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