Enjoy Full HD 1080p Multimedia Home-Theater Entertainment ,P5E-VM HDMI

[bypolar]

anyone have a clue how much stress this will put on the cpu????

using the Abit IH90HD with a E4300 palying Blue ray movie(WildHogs) CPU is 90-100% using a Q6600 CPU is 30-40% all cores.

media PC's playing Bluerays with onboard Vid are a lost cause.

using a Abit 650i SLI with Q6600= 1 8500GT CPU 10-20% using 2 8500GT's in SLI CPU is
0-1%

Same movie

player is cyberlink

Just FYI.

[MaxxxRacer]

using the Abit IH90HD with a E4300 palying Blue ray movie(WildHogs) CPU is 90-100% using a Q6600 CPU is 30-40% all cores.

media PC's playing Bluerays with onboard Vid are a lost cause.

using a Abit 650i SLI with Q6600= 1 8500GT CPU 10-20% using 2 8500GT's in SLI CPU is
0-1%

Same movie

player is cyberlink

Just FYI.

yes, but on a media pc, that 90-100% doesnt matter because that is all you would be doing with it while watching the movie...

[alpha0ne]

yes, but on a media pc, that 90-100% doesnt matter because that is all you would be doing with it while watching the movie...

But it does matter very much if you like the HSF to be inaudible

[dinges]

at 90/100% cpu load the software will start dropping frames to prevent judder, so you wouldnt want that..

for playing 1080p/24fps hardware accelleration is pretty much a must, or you have to start using quad's in you're htpc, but a cheap cpu combined with a hd2400 would be the most bang for the buck i think..

[tam2]

using the Abit IH90HD with a E4300 palying Blue ray movie(WildHogs) CPU is 90-100% using a Q6600 CPU is 30-40% all cores.

media PC's playing Bluerays with onboard Vid are a lost cause.

using a Abit 650i SLI with Q6600= 1 8500GT CPU 10-20% using 2 8500GT's in SLI CPU is
0-1%

Same movie

player is cyberlink

Just FYI.

Nice info, thanks

-tam2-

[itznfb]

what we need is better mATX mobos w/o onboard video and 3rd party vid card manufacturers to start making HDMI vid cards in full compliance. i'm still shocked at the lack of options for true HDMI vid cards. i thought there would be tons by now.

[Johnny Bravo]

Apparently the BIOS is pretty well specc'ed out got a slew of voltage options in there. Should be good for a gaming machine too if it can handle Quad cores better than its current offering !!!!

[R101]

right and something you can already have for several months and way cheaper (not to mention better graphics) with the 690 chipset.....

I wass all for 690G until I discovered that three different boards kept freezing while playing Quake 3 (1+ hours, the boards were MSI AGM2 FIH, Biostar 690G and the third one was F/conn). And I don't have a space for extra fans in my uATX case. Asus (Intel chipset) works fine in the same conditions. Otherwise, 690G is a great chipset with great price for what it provides.

[alpha0ne]

3rd party vid card manufacturers to start making HDMI vid cards in full compliance. i'm still shocked at the lack of options for true HDMI vid cards. i thought there would be tons by now.

They have been available for ages and only $~105AU

HD2600Pro

I use one in my HTPC and they are fantastic