News - ZOTAC prepping two NVIDIA ION mini-ITX mainboards?

[HEXUS]

Acer's Revo was there first, but here's the DIY solution.

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[Biscuit]

Even if it was around $200 your getting a lot of functionality, i mean it does include the CPU, a decent GPU Wifi and all the normal I/O on a tiny tiny motherboard. You always do pay premium for miniaturization.

Has the ion platform prooved to be better on power than intels archaic one?

[Breezey]

Even if it was around $200 your getting a lot of functionality, i mean it does include the CPU, a decent GPU Wifi and all the normal I/O on a tiny tiny motherboard. You always do pay premium for miniaturization.

Has the ion platform prooved to be better on power than intels archaic one?

Couldnt agree more, i think the ion uses a few more watts but you doo get alot more performance so its worth the small compromise, although i cant see it making any difference in the desktop market.

[Biscuit]

i can see it making quite a difference in HTPCs.
Something like this would be pretty portable too so it would be handy for me when im out doing visuals as i could use it as media storage and a back up machine.

[s_kinton]

Look fantastic for a HTPC, makes my low profile uATX HTPC look massive!!!

I also noticed that play.com have dropped the price on the most basic Acer Revo to £165 and its not even out yet. All thats required is a USB DVB-T tuner. Not sure what space, if any there is inside for a HDD though.

[Methanoid]

If Hexus is gonna copy other sites stories (which everyone does) at least give the whole story or link to the source report

Pricing on the source story says $200-off for the single core and $300 for dual core Atom. Quite why an extra $100 for dual core is beyond me. How much extra does Intel charge for a dual core Atom 330? Not $100 for sure...

[TheAnimus]

They also have put better nVidia stuff on the dual core varient too?