[mythtv-users] Superserver

[Raymond Wagner]

  On 8/24/2010 17:20, Brian Wood wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 24, 2010 03:08:46 pm Robert McNamara wrote:
>> On Tue, Aug 24, 2010 at 2:04 PM, Mark Hutchinson<markhsa at gmail.com>  wrote:
>>> Does something like this make a good frontend?
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16813153161&cm_re=ato
>>> m-_-13-153-161-_-Product
>> Atom is the processor, ION is a marketing name for Atom + nVidia 9400.
>> Mike was suggesting that you not purchase either, but rather spec out a
>> system similar to the Mac Mini (and there are multiple others-- see the
>> Dell Zino, build your own, etc) to enjoy similarly low power use, hardware
>> acceleration if you want, and still maintain a functional processor when
>> hardware decode of video comes up short.
> Remember that today's Atom would have been called a "screamer" not all that many years ago, and the 9400 would have had gamers drooling as well at that time.

The Atom is comparable to high end processors from 8-10 years ago.  The 
9400M is comparable to high end graphics cards from maybe 6 years ago.  
With silicon performance improving exponentially, that is very many 
years ago.