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| syph007:
I started on a bartop, and this little board sure looks sweet. I imagine it should run most of the MAME games just fine. http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=13-131-663 Just needs ram and it's good to go, low power and heat seems nice... I'm close to ordering but I was curious to see if anyone else had any experience with these. |
| Nacimroc:
I used an atom board in a jukebox last year! Think it was a 1.6 Ghz. Was alot slower than I expected. Only had 2gb of RAM, but that usually doesn't make any difference with the other boards I use! I always think people overdo it with PC's for MAME but I wouldn't be in a rush to try this one out! It will be interesting to see how it works with MAME! I just bought another for a new jukebox build so it will be interesting to finally see if they are up to it! |
| JODY:
I have one in a cab. Performance is slower than needed but I think most of that is due to only having 512MB of RAM. Really need 1GB+. I'm running XP Pro at 1024x768 and it barely handles Mame running Star Wars (it is a Star Wars cab). Does better with older versions (back to .118 or so don't recall exactly). Would handle many older games fine. I prefer a faster PC though just to get faster bootup time, better menu response, etc. I'm sure I could optimize it further by removing some Windows tasks but have not looked into it. |
| lilshawn:
the bus speeds on the atom boards is a real bottleneck. i had an intel made board (D510 or something) even at a 1.6ghz dual core with hyperthreading enabled... it's was over twice as slow than my single core amd64 @ 2ghz it went back :angry: |
| MonMotha:
The "desktop" Atoms are a real disappointment. The only thing they've really got going for them is that they're cheap (you can get a D510MO mobo w/ integrated CPU at Fry's for ~$75). They're slow, and they completely lack power management! My Core 2 Duo laptop (including the monitor) can actually draw less than my little Atom based machine at idle. I wouldn't call them "high power" (my system takes ~14-19W), but without power management, you can't get them nearly as low as I'd like. For a simple little jukebox, it should be fine, and if you're willing to futz around and get all the hardware decoding working, you may be able to play video on it. Otherwise, they're kinda useless. Note that, due to the Atom's design, the clock speed cannot be at all compared to a modern CPU. They compare more closely in clock speed to an original Pentium or maybe a Pentium II/III. |
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