2012-01-20, 15:53
Hi all.
I've been using XBMC for a little while now, on my old pc, loving it so far)
I've ordered parts to build a new setup, that is going to double up as a gaming PC (as its been about 8yrs since I've been into PC gaming)
My main specs are
Antec 1200 case
i5 2500k (OEM
8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz Corsair Vengeance Ram
Asus P8Z68-V/GEN3 motherboard
750W OCZ ZS 750w psu
Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5
MSI 1280MB MSI GTX 570
Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO
At first, I thought nothing of it, and was going to output all through the GTX570 card, as knew nothing about how the onboard card is excellent low power for video, and nothing about Lucid Virtu, but been reading a bit about it, and now wondering about how to best set it up.
My first question about Lucid Virtu.
1) The articles I've read about Virtu, said that you currently need to have the video cable plugged into the onboard hdmi port (giving a slight delay on gaming as it has to redirect it through that). However it said that they are working on next getting it so you can use the discrete card as the default output. The article was about 7+ months old. Do you know if they managed this? Is it not recommended to connect the cable to the discrete graphics cards?
Next question, is kind of independant to whether lucid is used or not, regarding card output.
2) I was originally (again only thinking of the discrete card), going to have the video outputs on the GTX 570, hdmi to the AVR/TV for the XBMC side, and seperate DVI/HDMI to the monitor (or 55" TV for occasional 3d gaming). So with this new information i have that the onboard card is more optimal for htpc use.....is it possible to have the HDMI output coming from the onboard hdmi port to the TV just for XBMC use (presumablly as a secondary display), and use the GTX 570 card connected to the other output (TV/Monitor)? Or does the config not allow this? That should give me the best of both worlds I think?
I've been using XBMC for a little while now, on my old pc, loving it so far)
I've ordered parts to build a new setup, that is going to double up as a gaming PC (as its been about 8yrs since I've been into PC gaming)
My main specs are
Antec 1200 case
i5 2500k (OEM
8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 1600MHz Corsair Vengeance Ram
Asus P8Z68-V/GEN3 motherboard
750W OCZ ZS 750w psu
Crucial RealSSD M4 64GB 2.5
MSI 1280MB MSI GTX 570
Coolermaster Hyper 212 EVO
At first, I thought nothing of it, and was going to output all through the GTX570 card, as knew nothing about how the onboard card is excellent low power for video, and nothing about Lucid Virtu, but been reading a bit about it, and now wondering about how to best set it up.
My first question about Lucid Virtu.
1) The articles I've read about Virtu, said that you currently need to have the video cable plugged into the onboard hdmi port (giving a slight delay on gaming as it has to redirect it through that). However it said that they are working on next getting it so you can use the discrete card as the default output. The article was about 7+ months old. Do you know if they managed this? Is it not recommended to connect the cable to the discrete graphics cards?
Next question, is kind of independant to whether lucid is used or not, regarding card output.
2) I was originally (again only thinking of the discrete card), going to have the video outputs on the GTX 570, hdmi to the AVR/TV for the XBMC side, and seperate DVI/HDMI to the monitor (or 55" TV for occasional 3d gaming). So with this new information i have that the onboard card is more optimal for htpc use.....is it possible to have the HDMI output coming from the onboard hdmi port to the TV just for XBMC use (presumablly as a secondary display), and use the GTX 570 card connected to the other output (TV/Monitor)? Or does the config not allow this? That should give me the best of both worlds I think?