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wizard84 · 2013-09-09, 17:03

(2013-07-06, 22:26)Shike Wrote: I have a silverstone grandia 06 that I'm putting the stuff into.

The CPU itself seems to be troublesome to get a hold of, we had 7 of em in sweden and I managed to get my hands on one of those, I'll be reporting back once the htpc is built and installed with xbmc

hi, i would like to know if you have some problems with xbmc and intel video driver....i've read some topics regardings artifacts. best regards ;-)

Shike · 2013-09-09, 17:20

(2013-09-09, 17:03)wizard84 Wrote:
(2013-07-06, 22:26)Shike Wrote: I have a silverstone grandia 06 that I'm putting the stuff into.

The CPU itself seems to be troublesome to get a hold of, we had 7 of em in sweden and I managed to get my hands on one of those, I'll be reporting back once the htpc is built and installed with xbmc

hi, i would like to know if you have some problems with xbmc and intel video driver....i've read some topics regardings artifacts. best regards ;-)

Well, I would really recommend using linux in some form for a htpc based on haswell, my reason for this statement is quite simple, I had tons of problems getting things exactly right in windows 7 along with XBMC (the Inteldrivers arent perfected yet in my experience, some has gotten it to work proper but I cant get it to run perfectly for some reason, and yes, I had some artifacts in the XBMC-GUI while playing movies, I thought the picture was a tad choppy too, especially when compared to how it looks under linux). ubuntu Kernel 3.9+ with XBMC works flawlessly. XBMCbuntu 12.2 works well but suffers from black crush that I cant seem to fix unless I compile with a newer kernel than 3.5.x (which XBMCbuntu relies on atm).

Ubuntu 13.04 + XBMC works really well but I prefer a lightweight build so I'll settle with some crushed blacks until XBMCbuntu is updated to a newer kernel.

**mrhyde1969** · 2013-09-09, 20:49

Shike,
Like you I also wanted to make a system with the new haswel chips because of their proper handling of 24p. And I wanted to make something as quiet as possible as didn't bother too much about cost (within reason), so I went with the new i5. I was to say the least very disappointed to find about the driver issues after I had built my system. There is bad artifacting,( see link http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=170817) going on within the gui of xbmc and because of that started to wonder just how they where handling the display of my blu ray rips. In the end I ended up having to stick a dedicated GPU in to make things right. BTW I am running Win7 64. I hope this is sorted soon, but it seems to have been going on now for a while.

Shike · 2013-09-09, 20:52

(2013-09-09, 20:49)mrhyde1969 Wrote: Shike,
Like you I also wanted to make a system with the new haswel chips because of their proper handling of 24p. And I wanted to make something as quiet as possible as didn't bother too much about cost (within reason), so I went with the new i5. I was to say the least very disappointed to find about the driver issues after I had built my system. There is bad artifacting,( see link http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=170817) going on within the gui of xbmc and because of that started to wonder just how they where handling the display of my blu ray rips. In the end I ended up having to stick a dedicated GPU in to make things right. BTW I am running Win7 64. I hope this is sorted soon, but it seems to have been going on now for a while.

You should really give XBMC under linux a try tbh, it is awesome in every way Smile

ubuntu + xbmc for example work exceptionally well.

Shike · 2013-09-10, 14:02

oh, no more crushed blacks now after an update to the kernel in xbmcbuntu Big Grin

I followed the instructions in this page for 32-bits.

http://wiki.xbmc.org/index.php?title=Int...r_HD_Audio

If you have troubles in win with haswell, give xbmcbuntu a go, the remote can be a bitch to set up but once its done, its awesome.

wizard84 · 2013-09-11, 08:19

the problem with xbmcubuntu is the 3d, intel intru 3d (haswell feature) is not compatible with linux for now, only windows 7/8...i have a TV with Active 3D and i don't understand if i could buy an haswell cpu like i5 4570T with only 35watt TDP and use it's 3d features....

Shike · 2013-09-11, 14:27

ahh, I dont have any use for 3D at all so I didnt really think of that. Good point Smile

**Dougie Fresh** · (This post was last modified: 2013-09-11, 15:36 by Dougie Fresh.)

FYI for Haswell on Windows 7/8:

Graphics driver for Core i3 with HD4400 and Pentium (Haswell) is available only from motherboard manufacturers' site.

- 9.18.10.3165 (Intel Download Center) does not support Core i3 with HD4400 / Pentium (Haswell).
- 9.18.10.3186 (ASRock, ASUS, GIGABYTE websites) and 9.18.10.3215 (MSI website, this is the latest) support Core i3 with HD4400 / Pentium (Haswell).

**mrhyde1969** · 2013-09-15, 12:25

Has anyone tried the new drivers dated Sept' 11 yet ??