[mythtv-users] intel nuc's

[Nick Rout]

On Thu, Oct 23, 2014 at 8:27 AM, Warpme <warpme at o2.pl> wrote:
> On 21/10/14 21:36, Wayne Roberts wrote:
>>
>> Hi all,
>>
>>
>> Has anybody got an intel nuc (i5) working as a frontend?
>>
>>
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>
> Yes. I'm using it as disk-less FE.
> Works oob - but for MythTV FE I'm classifying Intel gfx as worst choice due
> lack of double-frame-rate DI.
>
> From Nvidia/AMD/Intel I would say:
>
> -Nvidia is hand-down best choice. Perfect stability. Something like class C
> HW like i.e. 610M and it does 2x Advanced DI.
>
> -Second is AMD as it does VDPAU and 2x temporal DI, albeit r600 class HW
> have occasional framedrops, while radeonsi class HW currently have tearing
> due broken DRI2 Vsync page-flipping (bug84944) when glamor is enabled (it's
> is mandatory on radeonsi so now it is showstopper)
>
> -Third is Intel HD as has only 1x DI
>
> In long-term, Kabini seems to be really promising. I do tests with fan-less
> 9W TDP E2100 (2x1GHz streamroller + HD8310) and subjectively it is faster
> than my ION2 (asus EB1033 with 1,86GHz D2550)

It is just a shame that intel and amd are the only ones providing the
really cheap integrated solutions, nvidia is always an addon.