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what is the "killa sample"?
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Alright so I ran a test of the killa sample on the Acer Aspire X1200-E1651A, i tried the latest build of XBMC and MPC. On average I got about 170 dropped frames and the CPU ran around 80-90%. It really wasn't watchable, I tried lower bitrate 1080p videos and they seemed to run well, no skipping and around 20 or so dropped frames with the CPU around 80%.
So I've decided that this system just isn't for me. Even though most of the content I watch right now is only 720p and would run fine on that setup, I don't want to have to upgrade again in a couple years. I think I'm just going to go for a faster processor and do it right the first time.
The price is right for this system, but the power is not.
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To my surprise my new setup 2.4 dual core, 2 gig ram actually ran it fairly smoothly. a tiny bit skipish but nothing overly obvious!
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okay,
i run the killer sample vid, CPU was around 40-50%, had 4 dropped frames at the very beginning however this would most likely be to buffering from the NAS
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Yah, no problem. I agree that the e8400 looks like the way to go. This is the system I decided to go with...
Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 3.0GHz
Kingston 2GB DDR2 800
Intel DG45FC (mini-ITX,G45,Video,Audio,GbLAN)
Apex MI-008 MINI-ITX Case Glossy Black w/250W PSU
$450 CDN
And i have an old dvd-rom and a 250gb hd I'm gonna stick in there. The mobo has digital audio and HDMI. I don't really need alot of internal storage since I have a large NAS.
So i'll either just toss tinyxp on the harddrive and run XBMC off there, or perhaps grab a usb stick and run XBMC live.
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2008-11-25, 15:37
(This post was last modified: 2008-11-25, 15:40 by Pvt_Ryan.)
As soon as i get a HDD & psu my spec will be:
AMD Athlon 64 x2 4600+
2gb Cosair DDR2
7800gt
Creative Audigy 2
As soon as i get it running and get a proper htpc case. I'll start working on getting it to be totally silent, going for air cooling only if i can. I reakon underclocking the cpu & GPU should do the trick, tempted to replace the HDD with a 4-8gb USB drive, once installed and working i could mount it read only to max its life.
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guys have you considered how you will output your audio? alot of video card do not do audio via hdmi but video only. I have an ati eah3850 card which has 5.1. You can get a 4000 series that does 7.1 but its quite pricey. Also consider the noise factor like getting a silent cpu fan (that will fit into your htpc case) and a silent psu
my setup makes no noise at all.
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2009-01-02, 03:21
Hi, I currently have the following system:
AMD Athlon64 X2 5000+ (2.6GHz)
ASUS M2N-VM HDMI (NVIDIA GeForce 7050PV/nForce 630a)
2 GB of DDR2
250 GB for system, 1000 GB for data
running Atlantis on Ubuntu Intrepid 8.10. It's my main computer, so I use it with a full GNOME desktop, downloading stuff with Azureus etc. It runs 720p perfectly, but chops alot with 1080p. Aside from running a system only for XBMC, which I can't do right now, what do I have to do to run 1080p smoothly? Just put a better processor? Which approximated clock is recommended to decode 1080p stuff?
Thanks