True or False: The Intel iGPU "Struggles at HD Playback"

Um. No it doesn't struggle at all.

My i3-550 (HD2000) will even allow the use of MadVR to switch to 24p (23.976, actually) from the Windows native 60i inside MPC-HC with no issues whatsoever. The playback is perfect, vibrant and stutter-free.

Intel HD Graphics 3000 is actually not that bad at HD Video playback.

My opinion of it is that it plays video back fine.

The only thing I could imagine being a problem is if you use a motherboard that is not set up to take advantage of the integrated gpu, or is that not even a real issue?

I have used nvidia for 10 years mostly out of comfort with their control panel, but my next system will probably be built in the next 6-18 months and will use ivy bridge or whatever replaces it.

The Atom processor in my netbook struggles w/ HD playback, but I don't think thats the debate here

No it does not suck at all,
I have Intel 3570k with Intel hd-4000, I can play 1080p mkv's or other blurays just fine on my 1080p display

sonisame

It does just fine.

I thought this was settled enough that there was no longer any need to even address this question.

By the way, I've been happily using an i3-2100 in our home theatre for nearly a year.

Can I vote again?

Oh wait, this isn't an actual election.

I know that there was a problem with XBMC Dharma and the Intel iGPU. If you use DXVA then you would get severe macroblocking. It would work ok if you just used the CPU for decoding but that means you use more power. I'm not sure if it has been corrected in Eden or not. I don't know if that qualifies as a Intel problem or not but that is the only issue I am aware of.

the Igpu does struggle in xmbc on high bitrate blurays "Saving Private Ryan" is great example of one.

That's a problem in XBMC, not in the chip.

It is the chip none of my other cards have any problems, just the i3.

None of movies in my collection that I've played back from mkv cause the i3 to struggle. I have Private Ryan ripped to mkv but haven't actually played it on my HTPC (Played it on my stand alone blu-ray player before building an HTPC). I suppose I'll need to go check that out.

musicguy,

It may be the way you have your HTPC configured?

I doubt it but there's always a possibility. How do u have yours setup for xbmc.

I use MediaBrowser with MediaPlayerClassic-HomeCinema as the player, LAV Filters and MadVR for the video renderer. Some say that MadVR requires a discrete GPU. For me, it works just fine with the HD2000 graphics on the iGPU.

As I said, that's a problem in XBMC, not in the chip.

Someday maybe they'll correctly implement DXVA.

+1

Have used both those chips and no issues here either .

I also don't understand the fact that you (not the only one ) have been using this cpu in how many builds ? Selling them to how many people? How long have you been using this cpu ? How many complaints have you recieved that were directly related to the i3 ?

Ya, that's what I thought, NONE !

Dude you're a lame, I already said that the igpu was having trouble playing high bitrate blurays in xbmc. That's the reason I turned dvxa on , but in xbmc igpu has massive pixelation with dvxa turned on. So that post you pulled up of mine supported my claim.

Note the operative words. It's an XBMC flaw, not a cpu flaw.

Oh here we go again.. No need for name calling guys.

I'm going to run Private Ryan in my set up and see how it goes. Any other High Bit files I should test out?

Ya , I think the name calling is really not necessary. I usually assume everyone here is a mature adult

We are having a debate here .... no more no less !

I apologize but this guy is always trying to belittle people, and no one ever calls him on it. I mean to go to xbmc and pull up a post I wrote to prove your point and still be wrong is lame. You might not be lame but your actions on this particular accident. I don't post much on this site but I'm always scanning thru threads to increase my knowledge. I've notice you are always borderline disrespectful to people who disagree with you, but because of your status here. No one ever calls you on it.