Richard Smith wrote:
They make slower ones but the slower NX (666 MHz) is still 6 Watts.
AFAIK, they are static so they will run at lower speeds but 6 Watts
appears to be the static power -- no power reduction in dissipation with
Perhaps you want a GX2 rather than a NX. I've got one on my eval
board and its nice and peppy. Needs _no_ heatsink and newer linux
kernels have framebuffer support. Thats whats in the OLPC.
IIUC, GX2 is a National Semiconductor designation. NSM sold the Geode
product line to AMD and they don't use that model number. I think that
a AMD GX is the same as a NSM GX2 but I am not certain.
The AMD GX has one limitation: its I/O is a 32bit 66 MHz PCI bus and a
GeodeLink serial connection. This _might_ be a bottle neck for running
a hardware 3D graphics accelerator with it.
IAC, I was suggesting the NX to be used with a NorthBridge with Graphics
such as the Intel 945G where the GX with the built-in VGA would not be
suitable since you don't need two sets of video hardware (unless you
want two screens where I would suggest that two cards are a better
solution).
The GX would be a very good choice for a low price point graphics card.
The low power and no fan (might need a small heat sink on a PCI card)
are definitely needed features for a graphics card.
--
JRT
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