[mythtv-users] nVidia ION motherboards - Single- or Dual-Core?

[Phil Bridges]

On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Kevin Kuphal <kkuphal at gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Phil Bridges <gravityhammer at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> The wife and I are planning on getting a large (most-likely 1080P)
>> flatscreen for ourselves for Christmas.  Rather than add a full-sized
>> frontend, I'd like to try net-booting one of the ION boards.  I'd like
>> it to be as quiet as possible, so I'm leaning towards the fanless
>> single-core.  Does the extra horsepower of the dual-core model get
>> utilized under Myth?
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> As a frontend, no.  With VDPAU, a single core Atom is more than enough.
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> Kevin

Thanks for the response.  Looks like I'll save some cash and go for
the single-core.