Your Very First HTPC? But Where do You Start?

(2012-04-17 16:28)bluray Wrote:  

(2012-04-17 13:32)Rrrr Wrote:  @eskro

1)
Can I suggest adding ZBOX-ID80-U to group 7?
It seems a perfect solution with NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M (512MB).

2)
Can you advise how it will differ from ZBOX-ID82-U which has faster CPU but seems weaker with Intel HD Graphics 3000?

(my intention is to build a box for W7/XBMC/bitstreaming/3D)

The i3 will trumps Atom......the HD3000 is capable of playback everything including bitstreaming, but you need to confirm it with Zotac. Zotac board/firmware might not allow it......

and what about 24p playback with hd3000?does this issue is resolved to you with the updated it drivers from intel?

no its not fully resolved.
on a recent review, INTEL confirmed they failed to fixed this issue even on soon to be Ivy Bridge.

(2012-04-17 18:58)naxiand Wrote:  

(2012-04-17 16:28)bluray Wrote:  

(2012-04-17 13:32)Rrrr Wrote:  @eskro

1)
Can I suggest adding ZBOX-ID80-U to group 7?
It seems a perfect solution with NVIDIA GeForce GT 520M (512MB).

2)
Can you advise how it will differ from ZBOX-ID82-U which has faster CPU but seems weaker with Intel HD Graphics 3000?

(my intention is to build a box for W7/XBMC/bitstreaming/3D)

The i3 will trumps Atom......the HD3000 is capable of playback everything including bitstreaming, but you need to confirm it with Zotac. Zotac board/firmware might not allow it......

and what about 24p playback with hd3000?does this issue is resolved to you with the updated it drivers from intel?

It's not a problem with XBMC. You can simply disable "Use a fullscreen window rather than true fullscreen" and 24p playback should be fine.....

http://www.anandtech.com/show/4142/intel...ins-recall

Quote:In our Sandy Bridge review I pointed out that Intel was unfortunately very conservative in one area of the platform: its chipset. Although the 6-series chipset finally brought native 6Gbps SATA to Intel platforms it failed to fix issues with 23.976 fps video playback.

so you are saying that the intel hardware problem,is solved with xbmc software?

nope its not solved.

(2012-04-17 19:51)eskro Wrote:  nope its not solved.

Yes it's not... hope they fix it soon for the intel peeps...

(2012-04-17 19:49)naxiand Wrote:  so you are saying that the intel hardware problem,is solved with xbmc software?

You can simply disable "Use a fullscreen window rather than true fullscreen" and 24p playback should be fine..... Give it a shot......

Check out the last couple posts in this thread- Intel HD Graphics 3000, 24p issues

Check out this page and they discussed HD2000- Macroblocking with new sandy bridge build, dxva2 enabled

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(2012-04-17 19:45)eskro Wrote:  http://www.anandtech.com/show/4142/intel...ins-recall

Quote:In our Sandy Bridge review I pointed out that Intel was unfortunately very conservative in one area of the platform: its chipset. Although the 6-series chipset finally brought native 6Gbps SATA to Intel platforms it failed to fix issues with 23.976 fps video playback.

Did you verify the date on that article? It's more than a year ago. In electronics, 1+ year can be eternity....

it does look like eternity

sandy bridge has been out for quite awhile now!

INTEL should have fixed this bug a longggg timeeee agooo..

and they failed

(2012-04-18 06:39)eskro Wrote:  it does look like eternity

sandy bridge has been out for quite awhile now!

INTEL should have fixed this bug a longggg timeeee agooo..

and they failed

Read this carefully (especially the forum included in the link), and Intel should hire some of these guys- Intel 23.976 fps problem