Deciding on a Processor With or Without Intel Clear Video HD Technology

[dbcoopernz]

With lower quality h264 encodes (e.g. downloaded TV episodes) I've found AMD's Deblocking (10%) and Mosquito Noise Reduction (5%) options to be rather good. I don't use any other optional "enhancements" (deinterlacing aside).

 

[NTMBK]

Anand says it's fixed.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5773/intels-ivy-bridge-an-htpc-perspective/5

Stop spreading fud.

That page says that it wasn't fixed at the time, but was better than the launch SB situation and as good as the worst of the AMD and NVidia cards. *shrug* It may well be fixed by the updated drivers, though. If it is then the Pentium is a no-brainer for HTPC work.

Also, OP, consider that the Intel mini-ITX boards have a tendency to be better than their AMD counterparts- Intel's socket and mounting system takes up less space than the AMD one, giving board makers a bit more room to play with.

 

[ShintaiDK]

Considering neither AMD or nVidia can get it right either....

AMD 23.978 (+0.002)
NVidia 23.974 (-0.002)
Intel with UAC off 23.973 (-0.003)
Intel with UAC on 24.000 (+0.024

Not to mention the classic issue of watching it on a LCD.

 

[Abwx]

Anand says it's fixed.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5773/intels-ivy-bridge-an-htpc-perspective/5

Stop spreading fud.

It s not solved according to you very link..

Anand say that Intel say that it s solved and both are just spreading
innaccuracies.

What he says exactly :

How does Ivy Bridge fare? The short story is that the behaviour on the P8H77-M Pro board is very similar to Sandy Bridge. As the screenshot below shows, the refresh rate is quite stable around 23.973 Hz

Nowhere it is said that the said bug is solved , only that it is dealt
with such that :

This is as good as the bad AMD and NVIDIA GPU cards.

Poor Anand that has to resort to doubtfull claims , trashing both firms
to make Intel s poor record look acceptable.

Funny that the FUD is actualy the link you provided...

Which are theses " AMD and Nvidia bad GPU cards " ?
The ones that were sold circa 2002 ?..:biggrin:

Also from your link :

It is not only the 23 Hz setting which is off the mark by a small amount. Other refresh rates also suffer similar problems (with videos played back at that frame rate dropping a frame every 5 minutes or so). The gallery below shows some of the other refresh rates that we tested.

And the most funny of all :

The good news is that Intel is claiming that this issue is fully resolved in the latest production BIOS on their motherboard. This means that BIOS updates to the current boards from other manufacturers should also get the fix.

Hopefully, we should be able to independently test and confirm this soon.

This confirmation never came , they just did as if it was fixed but
it s not , it s just deliberate misleading of the general public.

 

[Phynaz]

Anand say that Intel say that it s solved and both are just spreading
innaccuracies.

It's one frame every 5 minutes. It's not an issue. Anybody that pretends it is, is just spreading FUD.

 

[Mushkins]

It's one frame every 5 minutes. It's not an issue. Anybody that pretends it is, is just spreading FUD.

Seriously, it's an issue only a tiny fraction of all users will care about, much less notice. There *is* such a thing as a bug that's not worth the time and money to fix. If you're than big of a videophile that a single frame every five minutes is a "sky is falling" issue, buy the damn blu-ray/dvd/whatever and play it on a dedicated player. The engineers at Intel/AMD/Nvidia have way more serious bugs they could be spending their time on than this obscure refresh rate being +- .0002 frames from the original source material.