Having got fed up with the boxee box, I'm planning on setting up a server running Plex and I wondered what CPU/GPU people would recommend for a Windows client HTPC for *best* picture quality. It would be used to play dvd and blu-ray rips (movies and tv shows). I'm in the UK (PAL dvds) if that makes any difference.
I understand that with Plex I can't use reclock. I've seen Renethx suggest AMD will get as close as possible to 23.976 for films (I'm assuming Plex supports 23.976). If I can tweak Intel/Nvidia to get as close to 23.976 such that there will be no judder in, say, 3 hours, will this not be good enough? Are there any other reasons to go for AMD/Intel/Nvidia?
I also understand Plex is forked from XBMC. Renethx's post here (post #6) seems to suggest that I would want Intel for the best scaling but AMD or Nvidia for the best deinterlacing. Help?
Thanks in advance
I understand that with Plex I can't use reclock. I've seen Renethx suggest AMD will get as close as possible to 23.976 for films (I'm assuming Plex supports 23.976). If I can tweak Intel/Nvidia to get as close to 23.976 such that there will be no judder in, say, 3 hours, will this not be good enough? Are there any other reasons to go for AMD/Intel/Nvidia?
I also understand Plex is forked from XBMC. Renethx's post here (post #6) seems to suggest that I would want Intel for the best scaling but AMD or Nvidia for the best deinterlacing. Help?
Thanks in advance