punchycool 6 Posted January 15, 2017 Author Posted January 15, 2017 Connecting a cable is the easiest way. This is only if you need to transcode. If it's direct playing, it won't matter Ahhh ok.
Guest asrequested Posted January 15, 2017 Posted January 15, 2017 More info. https://software.intel.com/en-us/forums/intel-media-sdk/topic/311780
Guest asrequested Posted January 15, 2017 Posted January 15, 2017 Ya know, I wonder if @@Luke has worked some magic in the server, that would negate needing to connect a display to the HDMI
Marc_G 95 Posted January 15, 2017 Posted January 15, 2017 Watching this thread with interest. My recent server build (i5-6600k, Asus B150M-A/M.2 board) is currently connected to my TV but was intended to be headless (plans to use a cheap player box failed; haven't replaced it, just stuck the server next to my AVR). I don't transcode much but if I did I wonder if I'd notice a difference if it were headless (and not using a dummy monitor plug). I just noticed the i5 7th generation are now available for just a few bucks more than what I paid for my 6600; sigh. I knew it would happen but I'm always wistful when I see it! Marc
Guest asrequested Posted January 15, 2017 Posted January 15, 2017 I just noticed the i5 7th generation are now available for just a few bucks more than what I paid for my 6600; sigh. I knew it would happen but I'm always wistful when I see it! Marc And they have the HD 630 GPU...I was looking at them, too.
Marc_G 95 Posted January 15, 2017 Posted January 15, 2017 ...wonders if wife would notice me buying another processor and swapping out the old 4th gen in my main desktop PC...
Guest asrequested Posted January 15, 2017 Posted January 15, 2017 ...wonders if wife would notice me buying another processor and swapping out the old 4th gen in my main desktop PC... lol...will that board support it?
Guest asrequested Posted January 15, 2017 Posted January 15, 2017 (edited) Looks like the 630 only offers slight improvement over the 530. http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-HD-630-Desktop-Kaby-Lake-vs-Intel-HD-530-Desktop-Skylake/m178724vsm33102 But significantly better than HD 4600 http://gpu.userbenchmark.com/Compare/Intel-HD-630-Desktop-Kaby-Lake-vs-Intel-HD-Graphics-P4600/m178724vsm18483 Edited January 15, 2017 by Doofus 1
Marc_G 95 Posted January 15, 2017 Posted January 15, 2017 lol...will that board support it?No. It would mean new board, probably new memory... Maybe new M2 drive to take advantage... :-) Not worth it. Actually all my systems are speced higher than I strictly need. Next buy will be a small TV box once I find a good one that is cheap enough and powerful enough with solid HD audio running Windows.
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