Acer Revo 230...good enough for my purposes?

hogfan · 2009-12-02 19:24

From what I read here, ion le only doesn't support directx 10.

http://www.liliputing.com/2009/09/the-di...-much.html

I'm thinking of going with the $199 model acer revo since I don't believe my setup with utilize the atom 330 dual core.

My setup will be:

XBMC Live installed to HDD with VDPAU enabled. Almost all video content is:

.MKV container, h.264 video, AC3 or DTS passthrough audio

I will never use this as a PC, only for XBMC. Will the 230 atom be enough to handle all XBMC skins, etc.? I've read that HD playback on these is flawless with VDPAU enabled, even with only 1 GB of RAM. Suggestions? The $130 more for the 330 atom seems like a waste for my purposes. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks. (also, I don't require the wifi, ethernet is fine).

-hogfan

**prae5** · 2009-12-02 19:58

Yes, i use my single core version with no issues at all. I only use Transparency!, PM3.HD an Confluence skins and havent had any issues.

hogfan · 2009-12-02 22:32

Anybody running something as intensive as the Aeon skin on a single core machine?

**gabbott** · 2009-12-02 22:45

prae5 Wrote:Yes, i use my single core version with no issues at all. I only use Transparency!, PM3.HD an Confluence skins and havent had any issues.

I have the single core and run the same. No issues with 720p or 1080p content. I did upgrade mine to 2gig so I could change from 256meg to 512meg for video.

CrashX · 2009-12-02 23:16

I would say wait till january. Intel Pineview is schedule to be announced then. Also ION 2 is coming soon as well. This will mean price drop on existing hardware.

tvwatcher · 2009-12-03 03:50

Mine works fine with pm3 hd and conv skin. change from 256 to 512, I think i saw that my revo had 128 for video memory.. should I change it to 256? I'm using the beta xbmc with xp hardware accelerated dxva, no need for linux.

Reginald · 2009-12-14 21:52

Would anyone be willing to try and run Alaska and let us know how it turns out? I am thinking about picking one of these guys up. If it can't handle Alaska, I will wait until the ION 2 comes out and but the 330 version.

Thanks in advance!
Reg

hogfan Fan Posts: 380 Joined: Nov 2009 Reputation: 0	2009-12-02 22:32 Post: #3 Anybody running something as intensive as the Aeon skin on a single core machine?
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gabbott Team-XBMC Member Posts: 1,547 Joined: Jul 2007 Reputation: 26	2009-12-02 22:45 Post: #4 prae5 Wrote:Yes, i use my single core version with no issues at all. I only use Transparency!, PM3.HD an Confluence skins and havent had any issues. I have the single core and run the same. No issues with 720p or 1080p content. I did upgrade mine to 2gig so I could change from 256meg to 512meg for video.
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CrashX Posting Freak Posts: 1,216 Joined: Jan 2009 Reputation: 2	2009-12-02 23:16 Post: #5 I would say wait till january. Intel Pineview is schedule to be announced then. Also ION 2 is coming soon as well. This will mean price drop on existing hardware. The normal XBMC log IS NOT a debug log, to enable debug logging you must toggle it on under XBMC Settings - System or in advancedsettings.xml. Use XBMC Debug Log Addon to retrieve it.
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tvwatcher Member Posts: 87 Joined: Aug 2008 Reputation: 0	2009-12-03 03:50 Post: #6 Mine works fine with pm3 hd and conv skin. change from 256 to 512, I think i saw that my revo had 128 for video memory.. should I change it to 256? I'm using the beta xbmc with xp hardware accelerated dxva, no need for linux.
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Reginald Senior Member Posts: 299 Joined: Oct 2007 Reputation: 1 Location: Michigan, USA	2009-12-14 21:52 Post: #7 Would anyone be willing to try and run Alaska and let us know how it turns out? I am thinking about picking one of these guys up. If it can't handle Alaska, I will wait until the ION 2 comes out and but the 330 version. Thanks in advance! Reg
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