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(More customer reviews)If you are looking to build a light weight system that has the ability to render 1080 HD playback, this might be your ticket. I've got two of these ATOM N330 boards running MythTV.One is the frontend, the other does both frontend/backend service on Mythbuntu 9.04. If you go to the trouble to enable the Linux VDPAU branches, this baby can play flawless 1080 HD with less than 15% CPU utilization. (Typical is 8% in full screen [not windowed] mode. If you use the stock Mythbuntu 9.04, you will need to manually change the sources list and create a new profile for VDPAU, otherwise, you will only be able to play 720p smoothly and that is over 95% CPU.
Mythbuntu 9.10 is now in Beta, and includes VDPAU out of the box, so it will be a no-brainer in a few weeks.(or get the Beta test distro now)Mythbuntu recognizes all hardware devices, including the onboard NVidia video and Gigabit NIC.I didn't check the WiFi, but I expect that to be functional as well.These boards run very cool, with the stock CPU cooler fan being enough and it's relatively quiet, although audible in a really, really quiet room.
Never tried these boards on Windoze, so I can't speak to that.
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ZOTAC IONITX-D-E Atom N330 1.6GHz Dual-Core Mini ITX Intel Motherboard
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