Nvidia ION (Atom) vs ATX platform
I'm building a media PC for someone and they plan on viewing a lot of HD content.
I like the idea of these Atom PCs and this new ZOTAC board that has a 9400M on board sounds like it would be pretty good. However it's $224 bucks (atom 330).
There's also an mini-itx LGA775 board that has onboard intel X4500HD video (no pci-e x8 or x16 slot). I've never liked the on board intel video stuff... but is it good enough for HD video like the model name so clearly indicates?
The 775 Processor is going to be way faster than the intel Atom, but I would guess that the atom is going to have a bit better video card.
I'm leaning toward the 775 way because even if the X4500HD isn't that great, the CPU will make up for it when viewing video.
I suppose I could also go ATX, and have upgradability... but I'm trying to compare apples to apples here.
The machine won't be used for gaming.
...foolish would be buying a car that is no fun to drive.