2008-11-29, 01:16
Tarantulas Wrote:Reading this thread, there are a ton of people who are just dead set on using AMD processors.... I used to be in that boat, but the Core 2 stuff just raised the bar so high in terms of performance... granted, AMD has the price edge, but at what cost?
This will all be moot once GPU acceleration enters the mix I'm sure...
I read somewhere that Intel processors is much better on video decoding because of SSE2 or something like that.
Anyway i have some questions about hardware:
Is Intel Core 2 Duo E8400 the only CPU that can handle 1080p out of the box?
And how come so many people here use the on board sound cards, is the quality of these sound cards good really enough for listening to music?
So right now I'm looking to buy the Gigabyte GA-73PVM-S2H mainboard anyone had any experience running Linux on this board?
http://www.gigabyte.com.tw/Products/Moth...uctID=2691