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I am running an Athlon X2 4850e with 2GB Memory on Win XP Pro and all HD formats play fine - although there is the classic XBMC problem of stuttering on slow pans, but I feel this is XBMC that is at fault and not my setup as they play flawlessly in any other player...
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I have a GA-MA790GP-DS4H mobo (integrated Radeon HD3300), 4850e CPU, 4GB RAM and I am running WinXP 32bit. This setup can't play all 1080P mkv-files without problems running XBMC. It will be possible the day XBMC can decode 1080P movies with help of the GPU, and I hope that day comes soon. The 4850e is unfortunatley to slow for the job, a 6000+ should be enough though.
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Since the whole dual core vs quad core issue was brought up; is it in the plans to add quad core support anytime in the near future? When I say near future I mean by the end of 2009. I would like to build a dedicated HTPC within the next 3 months or so. If there is no real plan to add quad core support, I'll just go for a faster dual core.
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i second the info request on >2 core processors. I am looking at getting the acer aspire x1200 SFF machine, which is perfect for playing HD content, but its dual core 4850e. I could easily stick another processor in there thats faster, but i may wait if 3/4 core is going to be implemented anytime soon.