Haswell GT1 for video playback?

[Hulk]

I posted this in the HTPC forum but no one responded so I thought I'd try here.

I'm looking to upgrade my HTPC from socket 775 to something that is more power efficient and I'm considering the Haswell based G3420. I know that this part uses GT1 graphics with 10 EU's instead of 20 on the 4xxx Haswell GT2 parts. Does anybody know what difference that will have on image quality when watching movies? Any meaningful difference in post-processing that I will notice?

I can't find any HTPC reviews for Haswell GT1.

 

[PPB]

Image quality will be the same, performance I can't tell. But since it's just video playback I would assume GT1 is good enough.

 

[blastingcap]

I don't know if image quality is "always the same" I mean baseline image quality yes but read this review which talks about video enhancements and how they can be used for better experiences. But for anything of recent vintage you should be fine.. HQV tests used to be relevant when we had stuff like HD5450s. OP: Haswell makes for fine HTPC decoding. Even GT1 Haswells.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7007/intels-haswell-an-htpc-perspective/3

P.S. Ivy Bridge is competent too though Haswell fixes a few niggling things: http://www.anandtech.com/show/5773/intels-ivy-bridge-an-htpc-perspective/3

 

[NTMBK]

Don't bother with the Pentiums. They don't have QuickSync enabled, which would be a very useful feature for a HTPC.

 

[Hulk]

Thanks for the replies.

Quicksync is useless to me. Quality is terrible compared to Handbrake or Ripbot in my opinion.