2011-03-07, 22:31
Hammi Wrote:My Sandy Bridge should arrive soon, looking forward to that guide!
By the way: Have you been able to playback files ok on that system just using the CPU instead of VAAPI/the GPU? Which processor was it? I've ordered an i3-2100T.
It is an i5 2500K. It plays fine everything even without vaapi and with just one core. I had one 30fps Blu-ray rip which had a little hick up at over 50Mbs. And that was an interlaced video. The power consumption and efficiency is just amazing. Playing back files with vaapi it uses only some 1-2% CPU time. And that is with auto downclocked by kernel to 1600Mhz !. So plenty of power. Also ProjectM goes with more than 60fps. I am curious how the 2100T will handle that because that is the only thing i am afraid with the 2000 series integrated gpu. Yours have a ca. 20W total system power consumption while playing back 1080p videos !!! That is really something i think.
PS.: check out this review ant Phoronix. It shows that VAAPI with Sandy Bridge is even more efficient than VDPAU.
http://www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=ar...ideo&num=2