On Fri, February 27, 2009 3:37 pm, Stephen Rowles wrote: >> On Fri, 2009-02-27 at 08:03 +0000, Stephen Rowles wrote: >>> of HD playback. Hopefully the ION will also support the linux vpdau api >>> which will make it a very small and quiet self contained machine >>> capable >>> of HD: >>> >>> http://hothardware.com/Articles/NVIDIAs-Ion-Small-FormFactor-PC-Platform-/ >> >> Wow, that looks awesome. >> >> The GPU is a GF9400M, which will work with VDPAU. >> >> Jason. > > There is a great review, admittedly running windows, but it shows the > power of the platform for HD playback etc: > > http://www.guru3d.com/article/nvidia-ion-platform-review-preview/5 > > And apparently power draw under HD playback is just 30 watts! Ideal media > centre hardware :D > >
Very nice indeed, just hope that when (if) it is sold as a motherboard it is not as expensive as Via ITX offerings. On that note, it may be worth looking at the VIA iDOT PC3500G PC-1 mainboard. Its still Via (but I've not had an issues with my Jetway J7F2 motherboard) and it's cheap (£50, ~56 euros) plus it has a PCIe slot for expansion. It is not however ITX format, its the slightly larger Flex ATX format. Cheers Adam ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Open Source Business Conference (OSBC), March 24-25, 2009, San Francisco, CA -OSBC tackles the biggest issue in open source: Open Sourcing the Enterprise -Strategies to boost innovation and cut costs with open source participation -Receive a $600 discount off the registration fee with the source code: SFAD http://p.sf.net/sfu/XcvMzF8H _______________________________________________ Freevo-users mailing list Freevo-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/freevo-users
