Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:24:05 -0700 From: VDR User <user.vdr@gmail.com> To: freebsd-x11@freebsd.org, freebsd-multimedia@freebsd.org, nox@jelal.kn-bremen.de Cc: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> Subject: Re: Low-power HTPC etc Message-ID: <AANLkTi=bhtZz=pxGtVG0UP%2B7CTzAyU7vnAzMS1wA-sVn@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201103182328.p2INSUmB034700@lurza.secnetix.de> References: <freebsd-x11.61664.1300389470.201103171854.p2HIsdbV038834@triton8.kn-bremen.de> <201103182328.p2INSUmB034700@lurza.secnetix.de>
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On Fri, Mar 18, 2011 at 4:28 PM, Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> wrote: > > > Well, the Atom N330 has a TDP of only 8 W, which isn't > > > that bad for a 1.6 GHz 64bit 4-way processor (2 cores + > > > hyperthreading). > > > > > > Of course, ARM processors may certainly have even better > > > performance/watt ratio. But I think I stay with i386- > > > compatible hardware for my particular case. > > > > Btw there's also the Celeron SU2300 which has a TDP of 10 W and is > > about twice as fast as the N330 Atom as you can see e.g. here: > > > > http://www.notebookcheck.net/Mobile-Processors-Benchmarklist.2436.0.html > > Interesting page. But I think that the benchmarks need to > be taken with a grain of salt. For example, the SU2300 > seems to be twice as fast only in the single-threaded > benchmarks. In the multi-threaded benchmarks, the SU2300 > is only a little faster (10 - 20 percent). > > The Atom will be more than enough for me. There are several > fanless (!) mainboards with a dual-core Atom (330 or D525) > that have the ION chipset with full-HD MPEG acceleration > via VDPAU. I'll probably combine that with an SSD in order > to get a completely silent system without any moving parts. I have a couple atom/ion boxes which I use for dedicated htpc/hdtv. Works great. I didn't even bother with an ssd due to price vs. needs. Instead they're installed on sdhc cards. No probs what-so-ever.
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