2010-09-16, 21:03
Fusion products (Ontario & Zacate to start) are soon starting to ship to OEM's. How ready is XBMC for this new architecture? I am especially interested in Linux...
Is XvBA and / or vaapi implementation in XBMC ready for this new hardware? Will ALSA drivers handle sound?
And what about the drivers for the GPU? Catalyst drivers? Or the open source drivers are easier with XBMC? Luckily, normally Ati is a lot more open than NVidia regaring GPU specifications so I won't foresee any troubles related to Fusion GPU drivers.
Thanks for them who provide inside information. (I know most knowledge in this forum is based around VDPAU and NVidia but hopefully this thread will expand readers views on hardware acceleration related to AMD/Ati and XBMC)
btw: It seems that Fusion has an ION-like tdp and performance-wise blows away CORE i5!
Info:
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?p=3707221
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthrea...p=19190748 (with some specs)
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3920/amd-b...an-core-i5 (don't forget the follow-up article)
Thnx in advance!
Is XvBA and / or vaapi implementation in XBMC ready for this new hardware? Will ALSA drivers handle sound?
And what about the drivers for the GPU? Catalyst drivers? Or the open source drivers are easier with XBMC? Luckily, normally Ati is a lot more open than NVidia regaring GPU specifications so I won't foresee any troubles related to Fusion GPU drivers.
Thanks for them who provide inside information. (I know most knowledge in this forum is based around VDPAU and NVidia but hopefully this thread will expand readers views on hardware acceleration related to AMD/Ati and XBMC)
btw: It seems that Fusion has an ION-like tdp and performance-wise blows away CORE i5!
Info:
http://forums.guru3d.com/showthread.php?p=3707221
http://www.avsforum.com/avs-vb/showthrea...p=19190748 (with some specs)
http://www.anandtech.com/show/3920/amd-b...an-core-i5 (don't forget the follow-up article)
Thnx in advance!