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Message: <blockquote data-quote="wickyman" data-source="post: 378834" data-attributes="member: 87955">I'll try to get a video of it in action for you guys, or at least some numbers. But basically, from power on to when I can use my remote to navigate it takes about a minute, and from sleep mode to when i can navigate with the remote it takes about 15 seconds. So all in all its pretty snappy all things considered. As for playback, the most demanding thing I've tried thus far is a 720p rip of the movie "300" at 5,500 kbps and it was perfectly playable and didnt seem to drop any frames to keep up. For the more day to day stuff that I record off tv myself it is perfectly fine as well. It runs XP very smooth, in my own testing of the Atom processor in past reviews, these little chips are about as quick as your average Pentium 4 processor. In fact, with the aid of a PCI Geforce 6200 I was even playing Crysis on my test platform..though less than stellar performance <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /> The Atom processor, and specifically the dual core Atom 330, are wonderful little chips. In all honesty the only thing holding back the Atom is the horrible Intel 945 chipset. It alone consumes about 20w of power, this completely ruins the energy efficiency of the Atom 230 which is rated at 4w, and the Atom 330 (used here) at 8w. But power consumption of this project is incredibly low and tops in at about 40w under full load. But the only output you get with the D945GCLF2 is what you see in the pictures, nothing more. If you used a larger case that accepted a low profile or full height expansion card, you could pair a board like this with a HD2400, 8400GS, 8500GT, or even a 9400 GT for about $60 and with one of those you would have the option of VGA, DVI, Component, or HDMI without killing power consumption or having to use a really large case. But all things considered, it runs great, it is very quiet, and quite affordable. Probably the best budget offering out there to base a media portal box on, even if the output options are a bit weak. But like I said, Nvidia's ION platform is what people should really bank on <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite8" alt=":D" title="Big Grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /></blockquote>

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