Gents An interesting diversion to the original topic.
I keep a watch on http://linuxdevices.com and there's quite a few mini form factor Atom based stuff coming through that although primarily aimed at the embedded market, could be easily used to become a fairly "green" workstation; in fact some are so targetted. Now with Ubuntu also being ported across to the ARM architect, that could certainly open up even more interesting configurations for those with a tinkering whim. Ian -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Rob Beard Sent: 02 December 2008 16:20 To: British Ubuntu Talk Subject: Re: [ubuntu-uk] OT CPU Advice gav wrote: > On Mon, Dec 01, 2008 at 04:46:54PM +0000, Rob Beard wrote: >> I'm considering an Atom Dual Core for my server (it's currently running >> an Athlon 1400) although I'm not sure what to do after reading this.... >> http://www.tomshardware.com/reviews/intel-atom-efficiency,2069.html > > The Atom seems to work fine for DVD playback, if that helps you judge on > the video side of things, I use an external USB DVD on the machine. > > I've no interest in BluRay yet so I can't tell you how it handles that. > It's possible that a dual core Atom might be able to handle it, I doubt without a HD compatible video card that it would be up to the job. Sods law HD playback on the video card under Linux seems to be either non-existent or in the very early stages. Like everything though I don't doubt it'll happen eventually, not so sure about FLOSS Bluray playback though. > From that review, it looks like the chipset it holding the Atom back, 4W > for the processor but 22W for the chipset seems backwards. However that > chipset is well supported under Linux, especially the hassle free, open > driver 3D support. > > Yeah it's a shame, I presume it takes a while to develop a chipset, I guess Intel are probably working on addressing this. What I'd like though is to get hold of one of the new low power Athlons coupled with the low power AMD chipset which is already available (AFAIK the CPU's aren't readily available yet although the motherboards are in MicroATX form factor). Looks like these companies are finally starting to sit up and think about developing more energy efficient solutions anyway which has to be a good thing. When I finally get around to building a MythTV box I'm hoping to put some low power and low noise components in there (but possibly not an Atom unless it's up to playing 720p video). Rob -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/ -- ubuntu-uk@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-uk https://wiki.ubuntu.com/UKTeam/
