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Originally Posted by mothergoose729
I own a single core netbook on my Asus 1000HE, and HD youtube is not a problem. At the native resolution of 1024x600, matroski media files are not a problem. I know this because I watch both fairly often. The atom lacks a lot of advanced instructions, but is is actually much more powerful clock for clock then the P4.
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The question is not whether or not it's more powerful than a P4. Because yes, in most applications it
is more powerful than all but the faster P4s (something like 2.5GHz Northwoods/Prescotts and up are still much faster - my 3GHz Northwood laptop runs Vista as smooth as butter, which the Atom can't do).
What the question
is is that if the average consumer who can't afford (or won't buy) anything more than a $300 PC is better off getting a Celeron or an Atom.
CPU
Ci7 920 D0 |
Motherboard
E760 Classified |
Memory
12GB G.Skill Titan DDR3-2000 |
Graphics Card
Waiting for HD5870x2 |
Hard Drive
1x Intel G2, 4x Intel G2, 1x Scorpio Black 320GB |
Sound Card
Xonar D2X |
Power Supply
Corsair 1000HX |
Case
Corsair Obsidian 800D |
CPU cooling
Heatkiller 3.0 Copper |
OS
Windows 7 Ultimate |
Monitor
3x Sony GDM-FW900 24" CRT's |
[Fud] Drop single-core Celeron for dual Atom
07-06-09
