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<blockquote data-quote="winterescape" data-source="post: 1079909" data-attributes="member: 90370">Thanks for the info, this <a href="http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157513" target="_blank">ASRock J1900 board </a>is now showing up on the egg for $70 USD and I was considering getting one to try as a HTPC. I was somewhat concerned about the GPU performance for a HTPC as it appears to only have 4EU.&nbsp; It does have quick sync, as you mentioned, which appears to make a big difference.A few links and some info I posted on another site / thread...<a href="http://ark.intel.com/products/78867/Intel-Celeron-Processor-J1900-2M-Cache-up-to-2_42-GHz" target="_blank">J1900 specs</a><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video" target="_blank">J1900 has quick sync </a><a href="http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Celeron+J1900+%40+1.99GHz&amp;id=2131" target="_blank">The Passmark score (2046) looks fine </a>&nbsp;however the GPU for Bay trail looks lite, might be that quick sync makes all the difference...<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Intel_graphics_processing_units#Seventh_generation" target="_blank"> 4EU VS like Sandy Bridge that had 6 EU but lacked Quick Sync in the low end parts, or Haswell that also lacks quick sync in the low end parts but has 10EU</a></blockquote>

[QUOTE="winterescape, post: 1079909, member: 90370"] Thanks for the info, this [URL='http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813157513']ASRock J1900 board [/URL]is now showing up on the egg for $70 USD and I was considering getting one to try as a HTPC. I was somewhat concerned about the GPU performance for a HTPC as it appears to only have 4EU. It does have quick sync, as you mentioned, which appears to make a big difference. A few links and some info I posted on another site / thread... [URL='http://ark.intel.com/products/78867/Intel-Celeron-Processor-J1900-2M-Cache-up-to-2_42-GHz']J1900 specs[/URL] [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Intel_Quick_Sync_Video']J1900 has quick sync [/URL] [URL='http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Celeron+J1900+%40+1.99GHz&id=2131']The Passmark score (2046) looks fine [/URL] however the GPU for Bay trail looks lite, might be that quick sync makes all the difference... [URL='http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Intel_graphics_processing_units#Seventh_generation'] 4EU VS like Sandy Bridge that had 6 EU but lacked Quick Sync in the low end parts, or Haswell that also lacks quick sync in the low end parts but has 10EU[/URL] [/QUOTE]

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