[mythtv-users] Motherboard upgrade question - ION2 or CPU grunt?

Glen Dragon gdragon at jetcom.org
Mon Jan 16 15:31:42 UTC 2012


On Mon, Jan 16, 2012 at 10:06 AM, Michael T. Dean
<mtdean at thirdcontact.com>wrote:

> On 01/16/2012 07:24 AM, Richard Morton wrote:
> >
> > All the devs say use cpu power...
> >
>
> No, the devs say use nvidia graphics + nvidia proprietary drivers but
> /have/ CPU power.
>
> As far as video goes, I'll almost guarantee you'd be happier with the
> Atom + nvidia graphics than with E-350 using AMD graphics.  Note,
> though, that I am not recommending an Atom-based system.
>
>
I still think ion2 is the way to go for a frontend.  I have multiple
diskless frontends all ION1 or ION2, and they work great - low power and
virtually silent.  I would recommend to have CPU power for a backend tho,
so if it's a combined  FE/BE, I would say real processor + nvidia decode.

ION2 also supports the snazzy audio formats (TrueHD & DTS-MA). - Working
well for me.
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