Intel D945GCLF - Intel Atom is Here

Bathman · Post by **Bathman** » Thu May 22, 2008 12:22 pm

http://cartft.com/catalog/il/934

Have it up for sale.

I wonder how it compares performance wish to the D201GLY1. However the onboard intel GMA950 should be a step up from the sis rubbish. Shame there is no PCI-e slot.

Cistron · Post by **Cistron** » Thu May 22, 2008 1:47 pm

*sigh* Still no DVI, HDMI or DisplayPort.

jaganath · Post by **jaganath** » Thu May 22, 2008 2:02 pm

Cistron wrote:*sigh* Still no DVI, HDMI or DisplayPort.

what would be the point of HDMI (or DVI even) with such feeble onboard GFX and no PCI-e slot?

Cistron · Post by **Cistron** » Thu May 22, 2008 2:04 pm

jaganath wrote:
Cistron wrote:*sigh* Still no DVI, HDMI or DisplayPort.
what would be the point of HDMI (or DVI even) with such feeble onboard GFX and no PCI-e slot?

Let me extend my statement: *sigh* still rubbish onboard graphics.

Bathman · Post by **Bathman** » Thu May 22, 2008 11:16 pm

The Intel GMA 950 is not that bad - it does accelerate mpeg2 in hardware and I have used it in the past for my HTPC and for office work its fine. It will certainly be a step up from the SIS rubbish in the D201GLY. It is a shame however that there is not DVI, HDMI or a PCI-e slot. I feel that the perfect ITX HTPC motherboard can now be made - its just the manufacturer's don't want to make one.

I wonder if the VIA Isaiah will give us more options especially as it is rumored to be paired with a Nvidia chipset and IGP. But everything seems to be quite on the Isaiah front I guess is typical VIA and it will not hit the stores till next year.

amyhughes · Post by **amyhughes** » Fri May 23, 2008 12:42 am

jaganath wrote:what would be the point of HDMI (or DVI even) with such feeble onboard GFX and no PCI-e slot?

Automatic recognition of display resolution? Sounds like not a big deal until a DVI monitor saves you from having to figure out why Ubuntu won't display on a VGA monitor after installing video drivers.

In 2008 DVI is no longer a high-end feature. It just makes life easier (and perhaps has a better picture) and should be included on everything made now.

frank2003 · Post by **frank2003** » Fri May 23, 2008 2:51 am

The board that I can't wait to get my hands on is the DG45FC mentioned here: http://mini-itx.com/.

H264 and VC1 hardware decoders, HDMI, GbE, PCIe, SPDIF, all in a mini-itx package. What more could one ask for?

timbo · Post by **timbo** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 12:46 am

I'm thinking of getting the mb and a compact flash card (os) and moving my large hdd from my media box to make a nas box, add some additional drives for raid 5... what do you think?

Tim

Ashex · Post by **Ashex** » Fri Jun 06, 2008 6:12 am

frank2003 wrote:The board that I can't wait to get my hands on is the DG45FC mentioned here: http://mini-itx.com/.

H264 and VC1 hardware decoders, HDMI, GbE, PCIe, SPDIF, all in a mini-itx package. What more could one ask for?

Same here, this is the board I've been waiting for. As soon as it hits the shelves I'm grabbing one. Would be nice if I could have a screw layout for the case I'm building.

yamawho · Post by **yamawho** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 3:33 am

Screw layout are the same 4 locations as matx.

Ashex · Post by **Ashex** » Fri Jun 13, 2008 6:27 am

yamawho wrote:Screw layout are the same 4 locations as matx.

well damn, nobody told me this before

. Time to get started then