GIGABYTE Launches BRIX Pro

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GIGABYTE TECHNOLOGY Co. Ltd., a leading manufacturer of motherboards, graphics cards and PC systems, is proud to announce the next generation GIGABYTE BRIX Pro, a compact DIY PC kit that features professional CPU performance and visually stunning graphics support with the Intel® i7 Core™ 4770R processor featuring the Intel® Iris™ Pro graphics 5200.

“The GIGABYTE BRIX Pro is the perfect showcase for Intel’s exceptional Iris Pro graphics technology,” commented Henry Kao, Vice President of GIGABYTE Motherboard Business Unit. “The deceptively compact BRIX Pro packs a high-performance, desktop-class processor that is highly suited to processor-intensive creative applications and 3D gaming titles.”
 
Bringing true branding to the term......"I bricked my computer".....:eek::eek:
 
Needs dual gigabit nic's.

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I'd think this would be a good HTPC setup or something, but I recently discovered Intel still doesn't know its ass from a hole in the ground when I tried to run my TV from my laptop HDMI out and realized "HD 3000 graphics" have a giant fucking flaw where they don't really work with HDMI out and Intel doesn't really give a shit.

Fuck off, Intel.
 
Axiomatic said:
Needs dual gigabit nic's.

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Yeah, with dual NIC's (provided they are good ones, like Intel, not Realtek) it could actually make a neat little pfSense box. Though an Atom machine would make more sense for this application.

I'd consider one if I hadn't just rebuilt my HTPC using one of SilverStone's SG06 mini ITX cases



Actually, more seriously, I probably wouldn't go with it. I'd consider it for a bit, and then decide against it.

As sleek as these non-standard compact systems are I've been burned by their inability to upgrade and lack of expansion in the past.

Last one was my last HTPC. A Dell Zino HD mini with a dual core 1.5Ghz Athlon... I was able to upgrade it to a dual core 1.8Ghz Neo Athlon, and add some more Ram (which was expensive as it was DDR2 laptop ram) but it still wasn't enough.

Upgradeable and expandable wins IMHO, unless you have some severe space constrictions.
 
Aluisious said:
I'd think this would be a good HTPC setup or something, but I recently discovered Intel still doesn't know its ass from a hole in the ground when I tried to run my TV from my laptop HDMI out and realized "HD 3000 graphics" have a giant fucking flaw where they don't really work with HDMI out and Intel doesn't really give a shit.

Fuck off, Intel.
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Furthermore intel's IGP's don't suync refresh rates well for movie watching. They run at a flat 24hz, rather than 23.997, which results in a noticable skip every few frames, especially bad in panning scenes.

AMD's APU's are better than INtel in this regard, but still not perfect. The only way to get around it completely right now is with custom refresh rates on Nvidia GPU's

I find that my AMD APU (Richland A4-4000) is good enough for me right now though. If it starts bothering me I'll get a cheap Nvidia GPU for the expansion slot on my mini ITX board.
 
Zarathustra[H];1040525708 said:
Furthermore intel's IGP's don't suync refresh rates well for movie watching. They run at a flat 24hz, rather than 23.997, which results in a noticable skip every few frames, especially bad in panning scenes.

AMD's APU's are better than INtel in this regard, but still not perfect. The only way to get around it completely right now is with custom refresh rates on Nvidia GPU's

I find that my AMD APU (Richland A4-4000) is good enough for me right now though. If it starts bothering me I'll get a cheap Nvidia GPU for the expansion slot on my mini ITX board.
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That was fixed with Haswell, as Intel IGPs are now capable of perfect 23.976 Hz.
 
Zarathustra[H];1040525708 said:
Furthermore intel's IGP's don't suync refresh rates well for movie watching. They run at a flat 24hz, rather than 23.997, which results in a noticable skip every few frames, especially bad in panning scenes.

AMD's APU's are better than INtel in this regard, but still not perfect. The only way to get around it completely right now is with custom refresh rates on Nvidia GPU's

I find that my AMD APU (Richland A4-4000) is good enough for me right now though. If it starts bothering me I'll get a cheap Nvidia GPU for the expansion slot on my mini ITX board.
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dali71 said:
That was fixed with Haswell, as Intel IGPs are now capable of perfect 23.976 Hz.
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Yup, refresh and HDMI stuff is totally a not problem for current generation Intel IGPs. Here's a link to Anandtech's review of the Haswell-based NUC and a quote from the article that addresses that specific topic:

http://www.anandtech.com/show/7566/intels-haswell-nuc-d54250wyk-ucff-pc-review/5

Refresh Rate Handling:

One of the most important fixes in Haswell for HTPC users was increased display refresh rate accuracy. We have already seen 23.976 Hz working perfectly in our custom Haswell HTPC build. The gallery below presents the various refresh rates that we tested out on the Intel D54250WYK NUC.
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c0re said:
wish it supported mechanical and ssd drives.
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Well, if you really want a mechanical drive, you could always stick a laptop drive in it.

Then you could use the mPCIe SSD slot for an SSD.

That being said, I find little point in putting mechanical drives in my clients these days.

I usually put a single small to medium sized SSD in mine as the only local drive. All file storage is instead handled by my NAS via a networked drive. This way the local clients are silent and cool, and my NAS server can churn away in the basement.
 
They might have fixed their IGP with Haswell, but I'm the sort to believe where there's smoke there's a fire. If they fucked up HDMI in HD3000, I just don't trust they haven't fucked up something else I don't know about yet in the current version.

Been true of American cars and AMD graphics forever.
 
Suprfire said:
Hey man, before you shit a BRIX ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) , Intel integrated graphics have come a long way!
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I am well aware of that Iris can do, I have the latest iteration in my MBP. However, I would not bother in an actual gaming machine.
 
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