FRONTPAGE Sapphire EDGE HD2 Mini PC Review

Overclockers.com · Aug 12, 2011

Being primarily a DIY-er website, it pains me to say this but sometimes a factory-built machine like the Sapphire EDGE Mini-PC HD2 has its advantages. This HTPC is tiny, about the size of a consumer router or eBook reader. This review will explore whether great things really can come in small packages.

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baditude_df · Aug 14, 2011

Thanks alot for the review, well done.
So will this thing take care of 1080p playback no problem, or is that just a manufacturers claim? Not sure from reading the review if that was tested or not. Thx.

Spion · Aug 15, 2011

It should have no problem playing back 1080p content as long as it is decoded by the GPU and not the CPU.

baditude_df · Aug 15, 2011

That's what I was hoping with my Zotac IonITX e-e. Unless I'm using WMC with CoreAVC loaded, it won't play 1080p at all, and even then the system barely has enough juice to run WMC. I'd imagine this CPU/GPU combo has a bit more punch, but I've found that unless I'm running a conventional CPU with on board gfx or discrete gfx my HTPC experience is lacking.

mdcomp · Aug 15, 2011

Yes, it will handle 1080p no problem. I played several videos, no dropped frames and no lag time.
:thup:

Matt

baditude_df · Aug 15, 2011

mdcomp said:
Yes, it will handle 1080p no problem. I played several videos, no dropped frames and no lag time.

Matt

Good to hear. My next board will have the D525 and Ion2, so I was really hoping the answer was yes. Thank you very much for getting back to me.

EDIT:Which front end were you using btw? I very much prefer XBMC, unfortunately it doesn't currently offload to GPU which means I'm kind of stuck with WMC which I find to be an absolute pig.

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