2009-08-10, 19:45
Hi,
i am building a HTPC and i just came across the question if i need additionally to the onboard graphics a pcie one. after a few searches on google i found out that xbmc lately included GPU acceleration for GPUs.
This is probably the cheaper and more power saving solution than getting a high end cpu.
but still i am not sure how much power i need.
i read that GPU decoding works on nvidia geforce 8 and up. is that true? are there other cards supported?
what cpu should i put into the htpc at least. is a dual core still recommended?
i want to get 1080p h.264 material playing. i think other stuff like divx encoded DVDs should be an ease for such a setup. or am i getting this wrong? can al decoding tasks be put on the GPU?
originally, i am a mac user so i am not that into hardware. i really appreciate your ideas.
i am building a HTPC and i just came across the question if i need additionally to the onboard graphics a pcie one. after a few searches on google i found out that xbmc lately included GPU acceleration for GPUs.
This is probably the cheaper and more power saving solution than getting a high end cpu.
but still i am not sure how much power i need.
i read that GPU decoding works on nvidia geforce 8 and up. is that true? are there other cards supported?
what cpu should i put into the htpc at least. is a dual core still recommended?
i want to get 1080p h.264 material playing. i think other stuff like divx encoded DVDs should be an ease for such a setup. or am i getting this wrong? can al decoding tasks be put on the GPU?
originally, i am a mac user so i am not that into hardware. i really appreciate your ideas.
). You should have 512 video RAM if you want to do 1080p.
