2010-08-18, 10:44
After installing 64bit OS the disk performance went up to 7.4 so pretty pleased with that.
First impressions...
I installed XBMC nightly on the Jetway last night... I dont have a huge amount of HD content as I'm still primarily an Xbox user - but the content I do have which was not possible on xbox played with ease... 1280 x 720 4.5Gb rip of Dexter episode barely hit the cpu... roughly 9% from memory so all good there and the one 1080p rip I have was hitting at about 12% load - so I dont see that there will be any problems with HD - but I'd like to get my hands on the "killa sample" if its still around or any other high bit rate content people could recommend to give it a work out.
The Jetway... hmmmm tough one... was it worth £180+VAT... maybe... not the best quality I've seen... the SSD was the BEST money I have spent on an upgrade in a LONG time thou! it makes my Quad core/Velociraptor/SLi games rig seem sluggish! I can only describe it as - bang, bang, bang! - click any app in windows - bang its open... fire through fan art etc on xbmc - bang its there! It will make buying mechanical drive a real drag now... but my wallet would argue otherwise
One thing that is dire with the Jetway... the remote... its pretty rubbish to be honest... so that is my next mission - so if anyone has a remote suggestion it would be appreciated! That will be the deciding factor really... a decent remote and not having to jump through hoops to get audio to my amp both of which on the Xbox my Mrs could setup!
First impressions...
I installed XBMC nightly on the Jetway last night... I dont have a huge amount of HD content as I'm still primarily an Xbox user - but the content I do have which was not possible on xbox played with ease... 1280 x 720 4.5Gb rip of Dexter episode barely hit the cpu... roughly 9% from memory so all good there and the one 1080p rip I have was hitting at about 12% load - so I dont see that there will be any problems with HD - but I'd like to get my hands on the "killa sample" if its still around or any other high bit rate content people could recommend to give it a work out.
The Jetway... hmmmm tough one... was it worth £180+VAT... maybe... not the best quality I've seen... the SSD was the BEST money I have spent on an upgrade in a LONG time thou! it makes my Quad core/Velociraptor/SLi games rig seem sluggish! I can only describe it as - bang, bang, bang! - click any app in windows - bang its open... fire through fan art etc on xbmc - bang its there! It will make buying mechanical drive a real drag now... but my wallet would argue otherwise
One thing that is dire with the Jetway... the remote... its pretty rubbish to be honest... so that is my next mission - so if anyone has a remote suggestion it would be appreciated! That will be the deciding factor really... a decent remote and not having to jump through hoops to get audio to my amp both of which on the Xbox my Mrs could setup!