(2014-03-24, 20:42)kindrudekid Wrote: How is 1080p DTS content playing for you guys? mine always seem to run below 18 FPS, I'm still on Ubuntu tough and once openelec is out of beta, i'll switch to that!
Win8.1pro here; Gotham beta2 - not a single hickup with 1080p/DTS - smooth sailing so far.
If you want a fairly updated and smooth performance - I'd advice you to jost go for a recent OpenELEC beta, or nightly - right now. The road to official non-beta, non-RC release is very long and slow.
(2014-03-24, 10:56)nickr Wrote: Well I'd have to say that following at least 3 threads on here it seems that there many problems with nucs and their support from Intel. Read them.
For a brand new platform with such wide outreach of users - I'm surprised there aren't more issues reported. I've read and kept up with these threads, and I'd say 75% of the actual errors and malfunctions posted are either well and done fixed by using up to date drivers and BIOS, or user error. I'd divide the rest 25 over design limitations, actual faulty hardware/firmware/drivers and incomatible OS'es. The current NUCs were designed for Win8 and this has been clearly announced - can't blame the NUC for
3rd party developer related issues. And to be fair ; You usually don't hear anything from the people that didn't have any problems - most users that take the time to provide feedback, are the users that have experienced problems.
Probably one of the most important things here - is for new (and old) users to read up on what UEFI (boot) is, how it functions and wether or not their OS of choice supports this. The same goes for Legacy boot, Legacy USB, Secure Boot etc. These settings all have vital functions, and will thus effect you experience greatly, pendening on wether your BIOS settings matches with what you're trying to install and operate. Also keep in mind; as the Intel NUCs are highly integrated platforms, things like USB Legacy support will effect much more than just whatever you stuff your USB ports with.
If you don't know what these things do - you're gonna have a bad time
Beyond this - the DN2820FYKH is a great piece of hardware for price paid... but if you want i5 performance, you'll have to pay the i5 price.