2012-12-01, 20:21
Hi,
thanks to the great community with masses of resources I'm close to building my first HTPC for XBMC only.
I've some doubts about the performance on Linux of the integrated Radeon of the A6-5400K though.
Maybe someone could help me out with this...
It should be powerful enough to play wmv, xvid, mp4 up to 1080p, x264 1080p, streaming h264 up to 1080p etc.
I've read a lot of posts stating that the 5400k should be enough for that, but I wonder if this still applies to XBMC on Linux.
I have no idea whether XBMC on Linux is more or less power hungry by itself (codec, etc.) than on Windows, but most importantly the Radeon drivers for Linux aren't as good as those for Windows, so performance for the integrated GPU (no dedicated gfx card should be used) should be less.
So if anyone has experience with the 5400k on Linux with XBMC and 1080p playback it would be awesome if you could share your experience
The installation will be stripped as much as possible and only run XBMC.
Thank you very much,
Max
thanks to the great community with masses of resources I'm close to building my first HTPC for XBMC only.
I've some doubts about the performance on Linux of the integrated Radeon of the A6-5400K though.
Maybe someone could help me out with this...
It should be powerful enough to play wmv, xvid, mp4 up to 1080p, x264 1080p, streaming h264 up to 1080p etc.
I've read a lot of posts stating that the 5400k should be enough for that, but I wonder if this still applies to XBMC on Linux.
I have no idea whether XBMC on Linux is more or less power hungry by itself (codec, etc.) than on Windows, but most importantly the Radeon drivers for Linux aren't as good as those for Windows, so performance for the integrated GPU (no dedicated gfx card should be used) should be less.
So if anyone has experience with the 5400k on Linux with XBMC and 1080p playback it would be awesome if you could share your experience
The installation will be stripped as much as possible and only run XBMC.
Thank you very much,
Max