2010-09-26, 19:17
I was thinking about getting an Acer Aspire Revo after reading these forums for a few months now, but to be honest, the Atom CPU scares me if I ever want to use this PC for anything other than XBMC.
I found another cheap acer for a reasonable price. The specs are:
AMD Athlon II X3 425
3GB DDR3
GeForce 9200
I know the CPU is better than an Atom, but how much? Can it handle 1080p without help from the GPU? The GeForce 9200 is lower than the ION (9400 i believe) but would it perform better because it's not integrated? (I don't think it's integrated anyway). And would the 3GB of RAM be of any benefit to me using XBMC Live? I will also boot win7, so I know it will help there.
Thanks for any help, and sorry if this is in the wrong place.
Palmtree
I found another cheap acer for a reasonable price. The specs are:
AMD Athlon II X3 425
3GB DDR3
GeForce 9200
I know the CPU is better than an Atom, but how much? Can it handle 1080p without help from the GPU? The GeForce 9200 is lower than the ION (9400 i believe) but would it perform better because it's not integrated? (I don't think it's integrated anyway). And would the 3GB of RAM be of any benefit to me using XBMC Live? I will also boot win7, so I know it will help there.
Thanks for any help, and sorry if this is in the wrong place.
Palmtree