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I just got up and running with a temporary HTPC that is attached to my second TV. Its a crappy Nettop with an Atom and 1x PCI-e ION2. I'm getting 30FPS @ 720p

I just got up and running with a temporary HTPC that is attached to my second TV. Its a crappy Nettop with an Atom and 1x PCI-e ION2. I'm getting 30FPS @ 720p on the TV streaming a number of games (Civ V, Stick of Truth); I also tried a number of non-Steam games which worked great as well. Requirements seem very, very modest.

sliverstorm 12y ago
It seems like basically the machine needs to be able to push the equivalent video resolution (presumably software codec; In-Home Streaming probably doesn't leverage hardware MPEG decoders) and that's about it. On my TV I use a 65W A10 in a mini ITX case with a 90W PSU. It has on-chip graphics, HD7660, and it handles streaming at 1080p without getting warm (my network on the other hand...) I've also used my laptop, an A6 with HD8250 on-chip graphics. It does 720p with no problem (don't know about 1080p, 720p is the native res) I expect you can go even lower, but if you are building an HTPC the cost difference between an A6 and an A4 is pretty small. Edit: if you wanted to go tight budget, you might even be able to use one of these: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113366 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819113... Edit2: Apparently it does use hardware encode/decode. I think the most recent 2-3 generations of chips from both vendors all have that, but don't quote me.
- wonderyak 12y ago
  FWIW - on my meager Atom/ION setup I had to turn HW Decoding off in order for it to work properly.