Ubuntu Graphics Acceleration

AussieJohn

kfchoong Posted at 3/12/2017 22:38
Thanks for the advice. I do need good 2D graphics as I using it for digital signage. Do you have any ...

id recommend hard kernel's odroid boards. they have very decent performance with both cpu+gpu, decent priced and very well supported software wise so there shouldn't be any real issues with 2d/3d acceleration, at least none I've noticed on my boards. the other bonus is that they have a very active forum that should help you out should you have any issues etc that you need help/advice with in relation to their products

http://www.hardkernel.com/main/main.php

AussieJohn

not sure what issues you have with the xu4, but I've got an xu3 and  C1 that both seem to run 2D/3D fine, so unless I'm not aware of something (and thats quite possible) then any of those boards should do what he needs to do without to much hassle. the main thing to point out is that Hardkernel have a very active forum community as well as a monthly magazine s there is decent support. the same cannot be said about firefly.
the other option he has would be to get a small x86 dev board that uses an atom of similar low spec cpu, these will outperform most arm boards that are available however the downside is that an x86 board is going to cost way more.

AussieJohn

i use my odroid xu4 for a variety of uses and so far video playback has been very good, no noticable stutters or anything like that, runs emulators etc pretty decent too.
now i haven't done any direct comparisons between the XU4 and firefly, on paper the firefly has a better graphics core however without the support of decent drivers the odroid XU4 will outperform it currently. this will change should the firefly get real gfx driver support in the future. still the XU4 right now should do what you want, its fast, uses the big.Little cpu core structure for optimum power usage and has usb3 x2 as well as upgradable emmc flash modules. it uses the same cpu as the Samsung galaxy note 3 (if memory serves correct)