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On 8/24/10 2:01 PM, Mark Hutchinson wrote:
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cite="mid:AANLkTi=x-+JUs-SpJgsFGYDFb9V0+QaByV6Wti3VoU-F@mail.gmail.com"
type="cite">So maybe use an atom with a Nvidia GPU?<br>
If not, then does a Nvidia 9400M that I see listed frequently
onboard with the atom work well?<br>
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This is where I get confused on the frontend atom vs Nvidia etc...<br>
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I've been using a Zotac mini-itx board (B series) as a FE, and I
don't have any complaints. It was relatively inexpensive, doesn't
require active cooling (therefore silent), and seems to perform
fine. It's a single core Atom with the 9400M GPU (aka ION). The
VDPAU decoding on the Nvidia does all the heavy lifting for video
playback. Of course I'm not using it for anything other than Myth.
Maybe there are some FE applications I haven't tried that would
really show how wimpy the Atom processor is, but so far so good.<br>
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Incidentally, it also requires so little power that I'm able to use
a picoPSU (<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://www.mini-box.com/s.nl/it.A/id.417/.f">http://www.mini-box.com/s.nl/it.A/id.417/.f</a>).<br>
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Is there something else out there that isn't ION-based that hits all
these marks? Mac Mini isn't an option... I love Apple products,
but the mini is ~2.5x the price.<br>
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