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HP microserver N54GL as a media centre/server?
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<blockquote data-quote="user 1447" data-source="post: 371074" data-attributes="member: 1447"><p>im certain that issues like that have PROBABLY been fixed in the drivers nowadays - also i would rather go with the graphics card solution that give you the audio via HDMI ....... despite the onboard graphics being adequate its all about allocation of system resources and the onboard GPU will make use of system ram as well as CPU resources - whereas the separate graphics card will have its own ram and will rarely need reinforcement from the CPU to make the graphics work</p><p></p><p></p><p>you dont really NEED the extra ram because if you look at most average media players they use around 256mb of ram whereas the microserver has 2gb of ram ..... so you would only NEED the extra ram if you intend to multi-task with the machine or use it for other purposes ie have it being used as a general purpose computer and only revert to multi-media apps when they are required for media playback - but to be honest i have found that if you are using windows as the operating system for example then the user experience improves with the extra ram so while it is not essential it is one of those things thats "nice to have"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="user 1447, post: 371074, member: 1447"] im certain that issues like that have PROBABLY been fixed in the drivers nowadays - also i would rather go with the graphics card solution that give you the audio via HDMI ....... despite the onboard graphics being adequate its all about allocation of system resources and the onboard GPU will make use of system ram as well as CPU resources - whereas the separate graphics card will have its own ram and will rarely need reinforcement from the CPU to make the graphics work you dont really NEED the extra ram because if you look at most average media players they use around 256mb of ram whereas the microserver has 2gb of ram ..... so you would only NEED the extra ram if you intend to multi-task with the machine or use it for other purposes ie have it being used as a general purpose computer and only revert to multi-media apps when they are required for media playback - but to be honest i have found that if you are using windows as the operating system for example then the user experience improves with the extra ram so while it is not essential it is one of those things thats "nice to have" [/QUOTE]
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