[hogfan]

From what I read here, ion le only doesn't support directx 10.

http://www.liliputing.com/2009/09/the-di...-much.html

I'm thinking of going with the $199 model acer revo since I don't believe my setup with utilize the atom 330 dual core.

My setup will be:

XBMC Live installed to HDD with VDPAU enabled. Almost all video content is:

.MKV container, h.264 video, AC3 or DTS passthrough audio

I will never use this as a PC, only for XBMC. Will the 230 atom be enough to handle all XBMC skins, etc.? I've read that HD playback on these is flawless with VDPAU enabled, even with only 1 GB of RAM. Suggestions? The $130 more for the 330 atom seems like a waste for my purposes. Please correct me if I'm wrong. Thanks. (also, I don't require the wifi, ethernet is fine).

-hogfan

[prae5]

Yes, i use my single core version with no issues at all. I only use Transparency!, PM3.HD an Confluence skins and havent had any issues.

[hogfan]

Anybody running something as intensive as the Aeon skin on a single core machine?

[gabbott]

Yes, i use my single core version with no issues at all. I only use Transparency!, PM3.HD an Confluence skins and havent had any issues.

I have the single core and run the same. No issues with 720p or 1080p content. I did upgrade mine to 2gig so I could change from 256meg to 512meg for video.

[CrashX]

I would say wait till january. Intel Pineview is schedule to be announced then. Also ION 2 is coming soon as well. This will mean price drop on existing hardware.

[tvwatcher]

Mine works fine with pm3 hd and conv skin. change from 256 to 512, I think i saw that my revo had 128 for video memory.. should I change it to 256? I'm using the beta xbmc with xp hardware accelerated dxva, no need for linux.

[Reginald]

Would anyone be willing to try and run Alaska and let us know how it turns out? I am thinking about picking one of these guys up. If it can't handle Alaska, I will wait until the ION 2 comes out and but the 330 version.

Thanks in advance!
Reg