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  1. 12-02-2013, 02:14 PM #1
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    News - The Odroid U2, a 1.7GHz Exynos quad-core RasPi rival

    It costs US$89 (£57) but is much more powerful than the Raspberry Pi.
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  2. 12-02-2013, 02:32 PM #2
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    Re: News - The Odroid U2, a 1.7GHz Exynos quad-core RasPi rival

    Looks good - up to date Android and enough power to run stuff properly. If I didn't already have a HTPC I might have considered this.
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  3. 12-02-2013, 03:05 PM #3
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    Re: News - The Odroid U2, a 1.7GHz Exynos quad-core RasPi rival

    Looks a lot more attractive than the raspberry pi, at least my 256MB version. Even overclocked XBMC does not run nearly this smooth.
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  4. 12-02-2013, 03:24 PM #4
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    Re: News - The Odroid U2, a 1.7GHz Exynos quad-core RasPi rival

    My thread on it:

    http://forums.hexus.net/pc-hardware/...-platform.html

    It includes a discussion of all the various ODROID models.
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    Re: News - The Odroid U2, a 1.7GHz Exynos quad-core RasPi rival

    Still without 2 LAN cards... sigh...
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    Re: News - The Odroid U2, a 1.7GHz Exynos quad-core RasPi rival

    Quote Originally Posted by Badbonji View Post
    Looks a lot more attractive than the raspberry pi, at least my 256MB version. Even overclocked XBMC does not run nearly this smooth.
    Agree, RPi with XBMC is painful... Takes all fun away!
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    Re: News - The Odroid U2, a 1.7GHz Exynos quad-core RasPi rival

    What about the 512Mb version?
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