[mythtv-users] nVidia ION motherboards - Single- or Dual-Core?

david david at functionalchaos.net
Tue Oct 20 20:38:16 UTC 2009


On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 14:06:03 -0500, Kevin Kuphal <kkuphal at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 20, 2009 at 1:52 PM, Phil Bridges
> <gravityhammer at gmail.com>wrote:
> 
>> The wife and I are planning on getting a large (most-likely 1080P)
>> flatscreen for ourselves for Christmas.  Rather than add a full-sized
>> frontend, I'd like to try net-booting one of the ION boards.  I'd like
>> it to be as quiet as possible, so I'm leaning towards the fanless
>> single-core.  Does the extra horsepower of the dual-core model get
>> utilized under Myth?
>>
> 
> As a frontend, no.  With VDPAU, a single core Atom is more than enough.
> 
> Kevin


Thanks for the feedback, I am interested in this information as well.  How
about Hulu and Hulu Desktop?  Do they work well on the atom single or dual
core frontends?

David


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