2010-10-04, 19:13
2010-10-04, 19:20
No. That box has Intel GMA 3150 for the GPU.
For XBMC to work well, you need an Nvidia based GPU. Those are more expensive because quite simply they are better....
For XBMC to work well, you need an Nvidia based GPU. Those are more expensive because quite simply they are better....
2010-10-04, 19:59
yeah what he said. you need an ion this one or a revo 3610 on ebuyer.
I'd probably go for the zotac personally, I have two revos and they're great but the zotacs are nice looking wee pc's
I'd probably go for the zotac personally, I have two revos and they're great but the zotacs are nice looking wee pc's
2010-10-04, 20:08
cheers guys
thought as much tbh, seems they've released a load of those zotacs just to confuse me!
i was looking at this one here, i think this is the newer model of the one you've linked to craig?
is it worth the extra cash? i like the blue colour you see
i've already got an asrock 330 netop thats getting rma'd so this will be my new lounge xbmc pc, then when the asrock comes back it can go in the bedroom or kitchen.
cheers again guys!
thought as much tbh, seems they've released a load of those zotacs just to confuse me!
i was looking at this one here, i think this is the newer model of the one you've linked to craig?
is it worth the extra cash? i like the blue colour you see
i've already got an asrock 330 netop thats getting rma'd so this will be my new lounge xbmc pc, then when the asrock comes back it can go in the bedroom or kitchen.
cheers again guys!
2010-10-04, 20:25
ThEgOg Wrote:i was looking at this one here, i think this is the newer model of the one you've linked to craig?
is it worth the extra cash? i like the blue colour you see
Its about the same. The blue one is ION2, the orange is ION1. For XBMC there are no differences between 1 and 2.
Get whatever you like best, as they are all ION.
2010-10-04, 20:26
the "orange" first gen atom&Ion zotac will do you just fine. if you want to spend the extra money you can also go for the "blue" box but there's not much of a performance advantage, and the live distro/linux XBMC *might* be a little harder to configure (HDMI audio etc.)
2010-10-04, 21:11
ok cheers guys, i think i'll stick to the earlier model then as i can't justify the extra £20 for a blue ring when it'll be in a cabinet anyway.
i have previously used live, but am now using dharma on top of win 7 64 with no probs so far so good
just need to get an ssd and some ram now then!
i have previously used live, but am now using dharma on top of win 7 64 with no probs so far so good
just need to get an ssd and some ram now then!
