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Should i try to get a CPU with HD 4000?
My current setup has a Pentium G620 (HD Graphics 1000), which runs fairly well except for a few major drawbacks:
When I want to watch Blu-Ray movies, PowerDVD's interface has some really annoying stuttering. skipping ahead or ff/rw also is somewhat unstable
If I want to convert a movie, it takes well over 6 hours to do so.
(see disclosure) Watching .mkv's on my XBOX via WMC is slightly unstable, as it'll lock up if I try to fast forward or rewind 1080p videos (I don't know exactly how this works, but I'm pretty sure the computer converts the .mkv to an XBOX-compatible format before streaming to the XBOX)
SO basically I'd like to upgrade. If I had known beforehand that the Pentium wouldn't be up to snuff enough I'd had gone for the i3-2105 (or 2125 if I can find it), Since it has HD 2000 and Quick Sync (which I think would solve my problems). But since I'm upgrading, I'd want something superior enough to make it worthwhile. That's also why I'm waiting for Ivy Bridge, even though it's fairly similar to SB.
I don't think the details for the IB graphics are finalized, but I think I read that the 2500 was supposed to be the 2000 but with DX 11, OCL 1.1, and one or two more channels. But the 4000 is supposed to be a lot more powerful, and might futureproof me a bit if I decided to go into gaming.