2011-10-23, 15:48
I stepped back from building my HTPC just now. A few reasons really, mainly to use the money on the server instead - money is a little tighter than expected after moving house and I'm not going to credit card it.
However I'm thinking that perhaps Ivy Bridge might be the way it ends up going. At the moment Sandy Bridge (and the pentiums based on it) are quite good choices for HTPC apart from a couple of things. The GPUs aren't quite as powerful as one might like, but more importantly they don't seem to be able to do 24hz just right, while discrete graphics cards can.
Is it something that we're likely to see in Ivy Bridge components when they arrive next year or is it going to be a problem for the considerable future?
However I'm thinking that perhaps Ivy Bridge might be the way it ends up going. At the moment Sandy Bridge (and the pentiums based on it) are quite good choices for HTPC apart from a couple of things. The GPUs aren't quite as powerful as one might like, but more importantly they don't seem to be able to do 24hz just right, while discrete graphics cards can.
Is it something that we're likely to see in Ivy Bridge components when they arrive next year or is it going to be a problem for the considerable future?