Wednesday, September 2nd 2009
Acer Intros Dual-Core Atom Equipped Aspire Revo
One of the first implementations of NVIDIA's ION platform, the Aspire Revo nettoop from Acer, is getting a timely update of its hardware specifications. Originally built with Intel Atom 230 single-core processor, the new variant uses the dual-core Atom 330 processor clocked at 1.6 GHz. Apart from this, the system memory gets a healthy boost, with 4 GB dual-channel DDR2-800 of total memory. Finally, there's the 320 GB hard drive, and standard features including NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics, and Windows Vista Home Premium OS pre-installed. The new Aspire Revo is priced in Europe at 350€.
Source:
TechConnect Magazine
23 Comments on Acer Intros Dual-Core Atom Equipped Aspire Revo
edit: yup yupmy concern is that since nvidia dont do HDMI audio (by default) WHERE THE HELL ARE THE AUDIO OUTPUTS? this is perfect for a media PC, but if they only give you a headphone jack on the front or something...
That said, I agree this is for media, not offices. :P
It has an HDMI port, right between the VGA and ethernet, it just looks like a USB from the angle in the original shot.
And the nVidia's onboard GPUs pull the sound directly from the onboard sound to send it over HDMI.
The original Revo provided 7.1 over HDMI, so I would assume the new one does the same, considering it is the same computer but with a 330 instead of the 230.
I wouldn't say these are going to be fast but I think they will be nippy. Would love to see some HD playback on this. The ION chips are said to be very good at handling full 1080.
its not quite as powerful as my current media PC, but it can use CoreAVC via cuda for the 1080P files - and its TINY. it'd look snazzy next to my TV and wii. hell, i could velcro it to the back of the PC, it only needs power, HDMI and a logitech nano bluetooth adaptor for my dinovo...
nah, it looks really good. I'd be the same way wile e. May just have to see how it shapes up for some fun stuff later on.
Imagine this computer, but maybe 50% wider and with one of these suck in it, or at the very least one of these much cheaper DVD Burners so it could function as a true media PC.
ION pretty much tops 945GC-based systems in all benchmarks, not just video, as well as drawing less power while doing so. I'd consider the ION platform for my office.
Though this particular incarnation loses attractiveness as it doesn't have a DVI port, and the need to upgrade to Vista Business or soon, Windows 7 Professional increases the price.