What cock you tock? i3 IS dual core. Don't simply spread lies.

i5 on the other hand has 2 cores/4 threads model and 4 cores model. And hypertreading is not 'fake cores'. This term is usually used by jealous AMD fanboys. HT or not, the performance is on par or better than equivalent AMD cpu's.

And oh yeah, new AMD Bulldozer also taking same route with Hyperthreading aka 'fake cores' as you call it.

This post has been edited by Matrix: Dec 20 2010, 02:09 PM

is it really stable..? i downloaded last 2 weeks....really buggy...
trying to setup the files...i.e. searching all the data in imdb....get the data...but not displaying properly in the library mode...very sakit hati one..
either i'm that dumb or that xmbc is really buggy..
nevertheless...will be trying the new version...thanks for the info.

Opps, my mistake.. sorry for the wrong info, i3 it is a dual core.. ( will edit my posting )...

BTW, I'm not an AMD fanboy.. I uses AMD/ATI on my desktops and Intel/nVidia on my macbook..

Installed last night, tried their audio and video plugins, haven't done much other then letting them scrapping through my video files. But it gave me a solid blue screen crash on my win7 64bit when I did something...

This latest is the stable version after about a year in production. They are able to play all my mkv files so far, but still I need time to play with it. No doubt there will be bugs, but they will come out with nightly built soon as well.

Audio and video addon can be added very easily in this version.

ps: the shoutcast audio plugin was broken at the last minute the day before they release the stable version.. due to the shoutcast provider changing their mind about releasing the support it seems.

use ember media manager. i use it to manage all my media info. xbmc just read the file information pulled by ember

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Added on December 23, 2010, 8:49 ama lot of pixelization during playback on my htpc...any suggestion on what to look at?
i'm using xmbc, standard package, as downloaded.
running on pentium D 3ghz, ati hd5450, win7.
any guide appreciated.

This post has been edited by xsi: Dec 23 2010, 10:40 AM

can anybody confirm can stream 24-bit, 96kHz PCM via WASAPI in Win7 using either Intel Clarkdale i3?

Guys, do you think it's worth it to wait until I3 Sandy Bridge is released before buying a new HTPC now?

Is Asus GTS 250 good for a htpc? Got it after sending my old 8800GT for warranty. Or the onboard graphic will be better?

if i were you, i'd get a cheap used mainboard with CPU. and power supply. things that nobody wants, an older generation architecture. and slap in an ATi HD5450. and waste all the rest of the budget on storage and HT and display.

i bought my Core 2 + mainboard for RM325, Silverstone ST56 (considered as mid high if not high end) for RM150 and ATI HD5450 for RM165.

Has anyone use xbmc on ubuntu especially xbmc 10.00 "Dharma" and ubuntu 10.04 ?

If you have could you share your pc configuration.

I'm lazy to search in garage sale, prefer to just get them from LYP. Thought of utilizing the GTS250 for HTPC since it's lying around doing nothing. I've upgraded to GTX460 for my desktop.

then by all means do it. just utilize anything that you have unused. get a dual core CPU from either intel or amd and it'll be powerful enough to decode just about any HD movies. that is if you can't get hardware acceleration to perform correctly.

Whats the best setting nvidia display card for my samsung lcd

care to share your software config for your htpc. using 5450 too..but HD movies pixelating (using stock xmbc)...
any tips..?

Yesterday tried playing movies using XBMC with dsplayer, it was unstable while movie is playing half way the XBMC suddenly crashed..

I am using win7 64 bits, under certain situation the system crashed too. Obviously it still has bugs needed to sort out.

User problem....all my PCs Win 7...some 64-bits and some 32-bits. Never crash before. One even run 24/7.

Thanks for sharing. It must be the software, as my HTPC is a barebone unit. Only the soundcard is the add-on.

hello, i'm having this problem about BluRay thingy

http://forum.lowyat.net/topic/1696499

After tried to play around with XBMC, I think it's much faster than WMC7 and it is also able to at least play 24/96 FLAC but somehow seek/pause is still not working...