On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 01:10:25PM +1100, Brett Mahar wrote: > On 03/24/13 08:00, Ted Unangst wrote: > >On Sun, Mar 24, 2013 at 00:39, Brett Mahar wrote: > >>Hi, > >> > >>Now that the KMS stuff has arrived (thanks for that!), I'm looking at > >>this device from Shuttle http://axcco.com/xs35v3.html. It has an Atom > >>D2550 with "Intel GMA 3650 Graphic engine", should it work as well as > >>the Pineview series Atoms do in displaying Xvideo output? > > > >No. Only video with D/Nxxx (three digit) Atoms may work, if it's > >the regular onboard chipset intel video. A lot of them are nvidia ion, > >which is bad news too, obviously. 4 digit models are crazy powervr video. > > > > Thanks Ted and Jonathan, I would have wasted $200 without that info! > Looks like the ancient core2duo will be playing movies for a while > longer.
The new ValleyView Atom coming out in a few months will finally replace the PowerVR cores being used in the past with the platform with a Gen7 (Ivy Bridge) core. -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
