2012-01-16, 20:24
Hi,
I am trying to decide between an Intel G620 or A6-3500, now the AMD choice is going to cost a fair amount more as I am after a mini-itx motherboard for it. Thinking about it the Intel G620 should be able to do cpu decoding no problems even for the largest of 1080p films, so is there any issue with just using the Intel setup without GPU decoding to get around all of the Intel HD issues. I know the power usage will be higher but surely it won't be that much higher. I am keen with the Intel setup as it has a low idle power as I want to run it 24/7 idling.
So am I thinking in the right way thinking you can use the Intel setup well just using CPU decoding? I guess it will use ~10-20W more whilst playing a video but I don't see the issue so much as it isn't like you are playing video all the time.
I am trying to decide between an Intel G620 or A6-3500, now the AMD choice is going to cost a fair amount more as I am after a mini-itx motherboard for it. Thinking about it the Intel G620 should be able to do cpu decoding no problems even for the largest of 1080p films, so is there any issue with just using the Intel setup without GPU decoding to get around all of the Intel HD issues. I know the power usage will be higher but surely it won't be that much higher. I am keen with the Intel setup as it has a low idle power as I want to run it 24/7 idling.
So am I thinking in the right way thinking you can use the Intel setup well just using CPU decoding? I guess it will use ~10-20W more whilst playing a video but I don't see the issue so much as it isn't like you are playing video all the time.