AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition good for 4K video or not?

[saman12345]

hi,
Is the following system good enough for WATCHING 4K Video? Please answer with a simple Yes or NO. If NO, please tell me why and what needs to be changed so that it is good enough to WATCH 4K video. (AMD FX 8-Core Black Edition)
http://products.amd.com/en-us/DesktopCPUDetail.aspx?detailId=835&id=823&id=835

 

[DubbleClick]

Yes. The cpu plays little to no role there. You will however need a gpu which is capable of 4k with a displayport port.

 

[saman12345]

Yes. The cpu plays little to no role there. You will however need a gpu which is capable of 4k with a displayport port.

Thank you for your answer. Are you saying that CPU can watch 4K video!
But we need good GPU for 4k! Am i correct?

 

[saman12345]

Please reply to me....

 

[nikoli707]

the fx 8 core has no video output, you need a graphics card to output to a monitor. as far as processing power yes the fx 8 core has plenty of processing power but that is only half.

if you are trying to make an htpc that is 4k capable you will want an a haswell i3 and an nvidia gtx 750 or 750ti. you need something that is hdmi 2.0 compliant and also capable of higher revisions which the gm204 is to a certain extent.

otherwise most other graphics card or cpus with igpus are only hdmi 1.4 capable and 4k capability is only a "maybe" depending on your setup.

 

[DubbleClick]

The cheapest option would probably be going with an upcoming broadwell I3 (I3 5xxx). This will eliminate the need of getting a dedicated graphics card and it's also cheap itself. Keep in mind that it won't be a very strong cpu for serious computing, but it will let you watch 4k videos (and general pc usage) as good as any other pc.

 

[Jay Stew]

4k on integrated graphics, right right right.

 

[DubbleClick]

4k on integrated graphics, right right right.

For general screen display and video playback? Absolutely.

 

[Jay Stew]

4k on integrated graphics, right right right.

For general screen display and video playback? Absolutely.

The new Intels work good for 4k, question is why would you want an 8 core FX just to watch 4k video playback?