[stevee2112]

I recently built a HTPC with the following components:

Gigabyte GA-H61N-USB3 Intel H61 Express Chipset Mini ITX DDR3 800 Intel - LGA 1155 Motherboard
Intel Pentium Dual-Core Processor G860 3.0 GHz 3 MB Cache LGA 1155 - BX80623G860
8 gigs ram

Running XBMC on ubuntu server 12

The issue I am having is XBMC is running at 100% cpu and video playback is all but impossible and is chugging.

I was under the impression that the CPU had an integrated GPU and would be able to handle all XBMC could throw at it.

Basically, Looking for advise on if what I have is simply under powered and I will need to by a graphics card or if there is something else going on (bad drivers, mis configuration, etc)

[stevee2112]

For anyone interested I was able to fix the video issue with the build outlined.

The key was a step that I assumed was not imported but is VERY import from the wiki page: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=114368

sudo adduser xbmc video
sudo adduser xbmc audio
sudo reboot

Lesson learned!