On 8/18/2010 8:10 PM, Gary Kline wrote:
've hesitated. on my 3.0gh thinkpad, streams fly
flawlessly. So if i buy one of the notebooks with a
Stream what kind of movies? Some video players (like VLC) have hardware
acceleration that will help a lot if your video card/driver supports it.
Things like Flash based movies might be kind of iffy though since they
can't take advantage of the video hardware [?]. Once you start moving
up to high def video you might have some problems, but know a lot of
Home Theater guys that use Atoms for media centers:
http://hardforum.com/forumdisplay.php?f=103
My gfs Atom 330 plays videos in VLC fine and flash fine, but full screen
flash drops frames. This is under WinXP.
The new D510 CPU are faster in benchmarks; it has dual cores with
hyperthreading. If you wait a few months, the new D525 CPUs should be
out in consumer computers - these are 1.8Ghz (instead of 1.6Ghz) and
support DDR3 (instead of DDR2). That might help a bit. Both are
limited to 4 gigs.
So, I would bet that 90% of the time it'll be enough if you have a good
video card with good drivers. I'm not an expert on them though, I think
they are neat though.
Another options would be to go with an i3/i5 or get a used 775 (core 2)
system. My Core2Duo 2.2Ghz runs more than fast enough and can probably
get them for cheap if you buy them used.
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