vortez.net Updated: 2011-09-25 05:01:26
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£169.20Zotac have sent us their ION ITX A Series motherboard for review.Despite being relatively new to computer hardware manufacture they're making a good name for themselves.ZOTAC International (MCO) Limited was established in 2006 with a mission to...
It runs quietly, Is relatively affordable (considering size and PSU solution), Is capable with HD, Uses electricity sparingly, 90w PSU provides nice headroom for larger systems, Works very nicely out of the box, Zotac’s excellent 5 year warranty cov...
The Zotac ION ITX A Series is a very clever piece of hardware that ticks virtually every box its target audience would want addressed.Yes it’s not a gaming monster and the ability to upgrade it is virtually absent but that is not the point here.It i...
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ITX motherboards have been around for long time now. The problem is, they’ve been so far behind in technology and with such high price tags it makes them an option not even worth considering. However, with the release of the Intel Atom processor, a ser...
The Zotac ION A-Series motherboard is a great bundle to be had. It performed well in all the tests and even proved itself to play full HD clips easily. This would therefore make it an ideal choice to be used in a HTPC.Coupled with 2GB of RAM the Zotac...
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Today we have two different approaches to the Ion platform on our test bench. The first is from ASRock and is a full prebuilt system and the second, from Zotac, is a motherboard/CPU combination which allows the end user to build a machine to their spec...
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techradar.com Updated: 2011-09-25 05:02:10
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del.icio.us reddit! TechBlips Facebook Stumbleupon Newsvine tweet Amidst the gloom of global economic meltdown and tumbling PC sales, Intels plucky little Atom processor has provided a glimmer of hope.For starters, Atom has been the driving force behi...
Huge feature set, Great HD decode performance...
Atom CPU is still weedy, Way too expensive...
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We’ve done a ton of Atom-oriented content, from reviewing the processor’s merits on its own, to pitting it against Athlon and Nano, to testing it in a ready-made machine and evaluating performance under Windows Vista. When we say the CPU is an enabler...
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MotherBoards.org Updated: 2011-09-25 05:00:45
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The normal computer user does not play DirectX 11 games except casually, does not run GPGPU that uses the graphics card for processing tasks, does not need the full power of a Windows 7 desktop. The average computer user uses the computer for casual li...
ION based motherboards are great alternatives to the 945GSE based motherboards for the Atom platform with higher gaming performance, the ability to play back Blu-ray movies and more is a great start for an inexpensive computer system. The ZOTAC IONITX-...
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xbitlabs.com Updated: 2011-09-25 05:00:50
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Despite many analysts and reviewers’ skeptical attitude, small and inexpensive computer systems Intel called nettops, have secured their market positions quite well. And the reason for this success is not just the fact that computers like that allow sa...
Strange as it might seem, but judging by the obtained results we can state that there is very little practical difference between ION platforms built around single- and dual-core Atom processors. In terms of multimedia performance and power consumption...
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With the recent craze for low-power technology and the increasing importance of HTPC equipment, technology makers are forced to ride a line between efficiency and capability while meeting ever increasing demands due to the proliferation of high def...
The IONITX-A-U Mini-ITX motherboard by Zotac proved to be an outstanding example of the small form factor as it performed admirably in every test, subjective and objective, and offered every feature necessary to form the center of an excellent HTPC...
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benchmarkreviews.com Updated: 2011-09-25 05:01:57
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If youre a home theater enthusiast, or just someone who wants more functionality out of their entertainment center, the NVIDIA ION has become what I consider the de facto platform for HTPC. Its no surprise that the Zotac IONITX kits are in high dema...
Completely silent computer system, Intel Atom N330 dual-core EM64T processor, NVIDIA GeForce 9400m GPU, 4GB 800MHz DDR2 support, Native HDMI 1.3a A/V interface, Optical and digital audio output, eSATA and six USB 2.0 ports, Wireless-N and Gigabit Ethernet...
BIOS limits system memory to 4GB, Fragile plastic WiFi antenna, Thin metal WiFi/Power bracket bends easy, Lacks TosLink cable or bundled software, Not a gaming PC/console replacement...
If youre a home theater enthusiast, or just someone who wants more functionality out of their entertainment center, the NVIDIA ION has become what I consider the de facto platform for HTPC. Its no surprise that the Zotac IONITX kits are in high deman...
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en.expreview.com Updated: 2011-09-25 05:02:03
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Intel’s Atom is an Internet device processor consisting of Atom Z series for Mobile Internet Devices, Atom N270/N280 for netbooks and Atom 230/330 for nettops.Atom 330Based on 45nm manufacturing process, Atom features in-order design, Streaming SIMD E...
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Zotac is the first to market with a real flesh-and-blood ION motherboard, the IONITX. The version under review, the IONITX-A, is a mini-ITX board with an embedded dual-core Atom processor, Nvidias ION GPU (based on GeForce 9400M) and a comprehensive f...
Very energy efficient, Many features incld. 802.11n & eSATA, Passive heatsink, Fanless power supply included, Bluray ready, Can overclock, Wellpriced...
No fan control, No Wakeon USB, Some issues with the IGP...
The first incarnation of Nvidias highly anticipated ION platform lives up to the hype for the most part. The Zotac IONITX-A has a ton of features and is frugal in power consumption. The built-in power supply with 90W power brick is enough to handle a...
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NetPCs seem to be the next wave that will strike the PC industry. With more and more people going for small footprint PCs, NetPCs will probably sell as much as Netbooks in the near future. In the past, we have reviewed a couple of atom mainboards. So...
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Oooh, people like it. I must admit that Zotac did an excellent job on the world’s first mini-ITX Atom/Ion motherboard. The product is interesting enough to warrant a follow-up, answering some of your questions that I didn’t address in the original rev...
Availability of the Zotac Ion A boards (with the dual-core Atom 330) is still pretty limited (Newegg only has the single-core version in stock) but I still stand by it being a good little motherboard. I personally wouldn’t touch the single-core vers...
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NVIDIAs Ion platform generated quite a buzz when news first broke of the companys plans late last year. As such, weve been keeping on top of Ion-related developments and have posted a number of stories related to Ion, beginning with our coverage o...
The Zotac Ion motherboard performed as expected in our testing. The boards benchmark scores were right in-line with NVIDIAs Atom 330-based Ion reference PC, which is to say they were significantly better than any of the single core Atom 230 based sy...
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Of all of the technologies VIA introduced over the years, I never expected a form factor to be its lasting legacy on the PC industry. The most ubiquitous of VIA’s technologies were its chipsets which are all but gone now - used only by VIA for the mos...
What do I think of the worlds first mini-ITX Atom Ion motherboard? I like it. Zotac did a good job of delivering pretty much everything Id want in a board like this, going even further than expected and offering a solution with an external power bri...
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The Atom processor might be the best thing to happen to netbooks, but we’ve been underwhelmed with it on the desktop as far back as Shuttle’s...
We’ve seen Ion positioned several different ways: as a strong contender in the HTPC space, as a mainstream gaming solution, and as a lightweight desktop workstation. In preparation for this story, I actually used the platform in all three environmen...
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The NVIDIA ION Platform Revisited ION. NVIDIA has been touting the term non-stop for what seems like years now but what has only really been months. Essentially a platform that marries the existing GeForce 9400M chipset with a low power processor...
The Zotac IONITX-A-U motherboard featuring the Atom 330 dual-core processor and NVIDIA ION graphics core is the first of what I believe will be many DIY-ready ION solutions. The question now is how well will they be adopted by an crowd used to higher...
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After being bogged down with an age-old 945 chipset the Intel Atom finally gets to stretch its legs thanks to Nvidias latest mini-ITX platform. Thats right, the ION platform has officially launched today and Zotac is the exclusive partner for bringin...
Easy playback of HD (1080p) content, small size, low power draw, WiFi, no power supply needed...
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After being bogged down with an age-old 945 chipset the Intel Atom finally gets to stretch its legs thanks to Nvidias latest mini-ITX platform. Thats right, the ION platform has officially launched today and Zotac is the exclusive partner for bringin...
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Intels Atom processor has become wildly popular in little more than a year. Once aimed at so-called mobile internet devices, the Atom took a bit of a detour, fueling the explosion of netbooks before creeping into small-form-factor desktops and even ne...
The MCP7A-ION is clearly the best chipset for Intels Atom processor, but the very same MCP can also be found in another Zotac Mini-ITX board, the GeForce 9300-ITX. For a penny less than $140, the 9300-ITX offers a PCI Express x16 slot that can accept...
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This week, NVIDIA continues its relentless media assault with yet another Ion system. This time, the platform goes DIY, featuring a barebones mini-ITX motherboard from Zotac that uses the NVIDIA Ion chipset together with a dual-core Intel Atom processo...
The basic premise of the Ion is that while the Intel Atom is sweeping the world, especially for the ultraportable segment as a cheap, low-power processor, it's actually a step backwards performance-wise. The reason according to NVIDIA is the aging Inte...
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