- cross-posted to:
- hardware@lemmit.online
- hardware@hardware.watch
- cross-posted to:
- hardware@lemmit.online
- hardware@hardware.watch
“Reaches 40W”: how is this even a news headline worthy statement? That sort of thing isn’t uncommon on this class of CPU’s (or APU’s rather) and mini PC’s in general. Peak power/heat isn’t that important, it’s what the cooling system can handled at sustained power/heat loads.
Is the GPU more powerful than an RX470?
I own a Mini PC with Intel N100 and it can reach 40W even when I just watch YouTube. I’m pretty happy with it though.
IIRC chrome still uses the CPU to decode VP9/AV1, you need to use firefox for full hardware decode.
Or use h264ify
On an old nuc I’m using, Firefox with YouTube is a sluggish experience and hardware decide refuses to work. A lot of folks are finding the same, likely Google pushing us away from using Firefox.
Any NUC has H264 decode on Linux, give Linux Mint a try?
I think tho in about:config you need to set a vaapi flag to enabled.
That’s really helpful, I’ll try that thank you. Yes the decode works fine in Chromium. It’s not that, it’s Google shenanigans.