[hpsdr] Intel ATOM WHOOAAAAA Nellie (fwd)

[Ronald Cox]

John and All
I have one of these boards made by ASUS in a HPSDR system I am taking to demo at the Charlotte Hamfest his weekend. It works very well with under 15 % Throughput as I recall on PowerSDR.

Ron W9KFB
On Mar 9, 2010, at 12:24 PM, John Koster wrote:

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> Has anyone evaluated one of the Atom330/Nvidia ION mITX boards yet?  
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> Any recommendations?
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> On Thu, 19 Feb 2009, Bob McGwier wrote:
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>> Many of us have and love the Intel ATOM 330 boards we have.  I have 3 of 
>> them!  I want to ask those who do not see an immediate need for them but 
>> are thinking about getting one for SDR purposes,  I want to tell you 
>> that "better things are arriving" as always.
>> 
>> The Nvidia ION will address almost 100% of the few gripes with the 
>> D945GCLF2 and D945GCLF (Intel Mobo) computers.  The intel graphics chip, 
>> 3D/2D acceleration, is okay, but it is not great.  The D945GCLF2 
>> addressed the desire for 64 bit OS, but we still had pretty slow memory 
>> supporting slow DDR2.  Unhappy with the PC VGA connector on the Intel?  
>> The Nvidia ION has HDMI  output and 7.1 audio!
>> 
>> The Nvidia ION address both of these shortcomings.  The Nvidia ION has a 
>> memory of Nvidia's very impressive GPU's with the GEO Force (9300/9400) 
>> family.  It is also supports DDR3 memory.  Both of these factors will 
>> represent MAJOR improvements in the performance.
>> 
>> Please, if you have not already purchased the Intel ATOM motherboards,  
>> hold up a bit.  There is nothing wrong with the $80-$90 motherboards you 
>> currently have but these new ones will represent bit steps in the right 
>> direction. 
>> 
>> HOWEVER, for those folks who want to build an small board computer for 
>> supporting the Flex family of firewire devices,  the Intel motherboards 
>> are your only choice.  You need the PCI slot to get the firewire support.
>> 
>> For those of us who want to support USB 2.0 or better yet,  GigE,  the 
>> Nvidia ION will provide more IO ports than the Intel motherboard and has 
>> the other advantages already mentioned here.  You will need an external 
>> drive case to hold the drives as the eSata ports are on the back of the 
>> motherboard for Nvidia ION.
>> 
>> So,  no firewire needed?  better memory and graphics needed?  HDMI 
>> needed or desired?  Wait for the Nvidia ION motherboards to become 
>> available to you in the second quarter of this year in desktops and 
>> motherboards.  The ASUS N10Jc notebook are, or soon will be available.
>> 
>> Bob
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>> 
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> 73,
> John, W9DDD
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