Talk:Supported hardware

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Why is it inaccurate?

Please point it out specifically, (I took great care to copy the relevant data especially and exactly especially for AMD uvd2.2 stuff and spoke to wsnipex about legacy cards so idk what you see that I dont!

Also explain why all hardware lists have different data?

This needs to be improved needs to be consistent across wiki, period, however that is done or not.

a long block of text isn't as easy to read follow, and is also Inconsistent, This is for first time Linux users, they hate reading also. I would agree perhaps better way to do it, so here is your change to prove your superiority.

Please do address the the messiness, clearly you hate my style but refuse to show me better.

Inaccurate and messy work

please point it out and improve it and explain!

Here it is for reference and I would like to see your comments here addressed.

  • x86 x86_64 (Intel/AMD) processor computer capable of booting from CD-ROM/USB drive.
  • Limited PPC support: http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?tid=173287
  • Optional is to install to a 8GB (or larger) USB-flash-drive or internal harddrive.
  • Larger than 8GB is required, if you have a lot of media as thumbs and art are cached on it.
Minimum Required Hardware for XBMC
CPU GPU RAM OpenGL SSE HDD/SSD/USB Optical Drive
Intel Pentium 4 | Intel Pentium M AMD Athlon XP/64 AMD Opteron ATI/AMD Intel NVIDIA 1GB OpenGL 2.0
or newer recommended
]
Yes
SSE
Internal
or External
8GB or larger
Optional
Fast modern dual-core processor is required
to decode H.264 videos in FullHD (1080p)
Where GPU acceleration isn't supported.
HD 4300/4500 Series supported
ATI Radeon R700 (HD 5000)
supported and recommended
Intel GMA 950 (945G)
or newer supported
Intel GMA X4500HD (G45)
or newer recommended.
NVIDIA GeForce 6-Series
and newer supported
GeForce 8-Series
and newer recommended.


uNiversal 00:06, 28 March 2014 (EDT)


For starters, the RAM requirement is wrong. The minimal RAM requirement for XBMC to run on linux hardware, even for v13 Gotham, on x86 systems, is still 256MB. The CPU requirement has been replaced with a recommendation. That recommendation of "dual core" means nothing because XBMC doesn't use more than one core for video decoding, and has only gained the ability to use more cores in v13 Gotham if specifically set to do so, and even that setting discourages turning that on.
If you want to update the GPU text, please do so, but don't format it using that table. That table is a big step backwards in formatting. -- Ned Scott (talk) 02:45, 28 March 2014 (EDT)
I apologize, I see that dual-core comment is in the old text as well. Sill, that table was a mess and just took up more space without being any clearer about the requirements. -- Ned Scott (talk) 02:48, 28 March 2014 (EDT)
YEs, things can always be improved, however you have left out the legacy stuff which is a must because the questions will be ask:ed.
You also left out the hdd/usb and add optional optical drive, you needs a usb a hdd or ssd cannot do without either, and in case you want playback optical media that should also be there. — Preceding unsigned comment added by uNiversal (talkcontribs)
Here. You don't need USB or an optical drive at all (plenty of people have installed directly to the drive and then installed that drive on the other hardware), but you would be hard pressed to find any hardware that is able to run XBMC that doesn't have a USB port. It's virtually impossible, and it's a given that you need some method of installing.
Same for optical drives. It's completely obvious that if you want to play a DVD then you need something to physically read a DVD. People aren't just setting bare DVDs on top of the HTPC case and expecting magic.
That being said, I would not object to a mention of USB (and ethernet, for that matter) in the context of being able to playback media. A lot of people do have the mistaken impression that USB 3 or gigabit ethernet is required for HD content, when USB 2 and 100meg ethernet will do just fine. -- Ned Scott (talk) 03:43, 28 March 2014 (EDT)