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SomeoneEls said:
Try XBMC Live 10.0 I read somewhere it works with that build... apparently the ATI drivers are only broken in 10.1 on-wards. Seems a bit suspect to me but might be worth a try
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Also read that... I suppose it won't hurt to try.
 
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Have any of you had the following issue:

Server will run fine and then just stop for a few seconds and then resume again?
 
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my little monster has been runing fine, even whilst accessing the vm's, I have not experienced any great delay or lag.

so can't say I have had the same experience.
 
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All,

Must admit, read through most of the pages but jumped to the end to ask for a summary :) (my excuse is that I'm too busy in the new pricing thread ;))

I currently have a 12TB and 8TB RAID setup (UnRaid is the only way to go for mass media storage, no argument) but this little box is perfect for a 8TB NAS.

However, it's so well priced I want to use it for my XBMC players as well, as many of you have done.

So the question:

What is the exact HDMI display card I must get? And where in Cpt can I get it? I prefer to buy from Frontosa, but not fussy.

And lastly, does XBMCLive install without any hacks or tweaks?

Tx!

PC. OK, that's 3 questions. :)
 
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SomeoneEls said:
Doing what exactly? With what OS?
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Well different things, it's most noticeable when running windows vm's but even the base OS does that when I move files around on the filesystem (have done ubuntu and OpenSuSE now and both do the same) Nothing extroadinary installed on the system either...
 
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jannievanzyl said:
All,

Must admit, read through most of the pages but jumped to the end to ask for a summary :) (my excuse is that I'm too busy in the new pricing thread ;))

I currently have a 12TB and 8TB RAID setup (UnRaid is the only way to go for mass media storage, no argument) but this little box is perfect for a 8TB NAS.

However, it's so well priced I want to use it for my XBMC players as well, as many of you have done.

So the question:

What is the exact HDMI display card I must get? And where in Cpt can I get it? I prefer to buy from Frontosa, but not fussy.

And lastly, does XBMCLive install without any hacks or tweaks?

Tx!

PC. OK, that's 3 questions. :)
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Frontosa don't have them.

They have the graphcis card you want though - Sapphire HD5450.
 
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PostmanPot said:
Frontosa don't have them.

They have the graphcis card you want though - Sapphire HD5450.
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Just remember - XBMC Live and the 5450 arn't happy together... I'll try v10.0 on the weekend and report back.
 
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xrapidx said:
Just remember - XBMC Live and the 5450 arn't happy together... I'll try v10.0 on the weekend and report back.
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Did not realise 'Live' was the Linux version. Sucks htough, hope they get some drivers out. :( Please do report back.
 
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xrapidx said:
Yip :( Also hope they get it working - not keen on running Windows.
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This is kinda what I'm hoping to avoid.

Need a 'take this, stick it in there, switch it on and stand back' type of solution.

I've spent more hours most of you are old 'fiddling' to make stuff work.

Now I just want 'plug and play' not 'plug and pray' :)

Any idea on the best card for 'Live?
 
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jannievanzyl said:
All,

Must admit, read through most of the pages but jumped to the end to ask for a summary :) (my excuse is that I'm too busy in the new pricing thread ;))

I currently have a 12TB and 8TB RAID setup (UnRaid is the only way to go for mass media storage, no argument) but this little box is perfect for a 8TB NAS.

However, it's so well priced I want to use it for my XBMC players as well, as many of you have done.

So the question:

What is the exact HDMI display card I must get? And where in Cpt can I get it? I prefer to buy from Frontosa, but not fussy.

And lastly, does XBMCLive install without any hacks or tweaks?

Tx!

PC. OK, that's 3 questions. :)
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Hi Jannie
XBMC live is has a few issues with the ATI drivers so I'd wait to buy a 5450 until someone else gets a working solution.
Nvdia GT210 works out the box though... The tricky thing is to find one with a small enough heat-sink (most of the actively cooled one's will be fine, the passive one's seem to have huge heatsinks.) then you also need to get one that has a low-profile bracket in the box as well.

Anyone with a 5450 given openelec a go? Might be a good option if you're just going to use the box as a media centre... Boots 10x faster than XBMC live as well!

EDIT:- I mention openelec and the 5450 because they seem to also have the AMD sorted even the new fusion boards drivers are working... Although the build is only a release candidate!
 
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jannievanzyl said:
Any idea on the best card for 'Live?
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The GT210.

You'll have to get the active cooled one though, as the passive ones have huge heatsinks that doesn't fit.
But with active I'm not aware of a single-slot low profile card out there.
Also, this card gets way hotter than the 5450 and they're less powerful yet more power-hungry.

You could try and make your own bracket by bending and cutting the normal bracket though, but I'd never buy a GPU that has a small 4cm fan that cools it, they mostly sound like boeings taking off.
 
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SomeoneEls said:
Hi Jannie
XBMC live is has a few issues with the ATI drivers so I'd wait to buy a 5450 until someone else gets a working solution.
Nvdia GT210 works out the box though... The tricky thing is to find one with a small enough heat-sink (most of the actively cooled one's will be fine, the passive one's seem to have huge heatsinks.) then you also need to get one that has a low-profile bracket in the box as well.

Anyone with a 5450 given openelec a go? Might be a good option if you're just going to use the box as a media centre... Boots 10x faster than XBMC live as well!
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Doesn't openelec require an OS to be installed?
 
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jannievanzyl said:
This is kinda what I'm hoping to avoid.

Need a 'take this, stick it in there, switch it on and stand back' type of solution.

I've spent more hours most of you are old 'fiddling' to make stuff work.

Now I just want 'plug and play' not 'plug and pray' :)

Any idea on the best card for 'Live?
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NVidia apparently

Frag said:
The GT210.
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Does it do sound?
 
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