VIA Nano-based OpenBook vs. Intel Atom-based Asus Eee PC
A VIA video showing a side by side comparison of a VIA OpenBook mini-note prototype with a VIA Nano 1.3 GHz processor playing a 1080p HD video as compared to an Asus Eeee PC 1000H with an Intel Atom 1.6GHz processor. The VIA Nano plays the HD video smoothly and delivers power efficient performance without compromise while the Intel Atom stutters and renders the video unwatchable.
November 29th, 2009 at 3:28 am
Just bought 2 Samsung NC20’s with the VIA Nano, and to say the least, they are awesome. At 550.00 a piece, It was worth the extra 200 to get the performance of a Laptop out of the netbook. Peace.
November 29th, 2009 at 3:44 am
Well, my N270 plays HD videos no problem, and my Vcore reads 1.013V… which I believe is lower than the Nano…
November 29th, 2009 at 4:18 am
At 5 frames a second…
It was horrible.
November 29th, 2009 at 4:47 am
so to tell you guy. Your realy full of it. the atom cpu can to play 1080p. i have almost the 1005ha and it plays 1080p like the other laptop on the left. i bet you had the Eee pc on power saving mode.
November 29th, 2009 at 5:14 am
Doubt it. That means consumers will have to purchase HD camcorders and cameras to produce HD videos. There will still be people who will continue to use their old video cameras to produce video.
November 29th, 2009 at 5:42 am
damn i never trusted Intel
November 29th, 2009 at 6:40 am
yeah but ultra low rez but i remember it had a discrete gpu i remember it
yes
it was a via board with a pci-e 16 slot
November 29th, 2009 at 6:48 am
i didnt knew that. But i have seen Via nano playing crysis
November 29th, 2009 at 7:19 am
and not as good as gpu power too
November 29th, 2009 at 8:11 am
ye ofc. The ion is almost like The Nano cpu. But not so good cpu power as the nano.
November 29th, 2009 at 9:03 am
unless u get a ion platform
flash is going to be supported in 2011
November 29th, 2009 at 9:36 am
Well. youtube and other media is HD all in 2 years…. So if you buy a 1,6 Ghz. atom netbook, you WONT be able to use youtube and be satisfied in 2011.
November 29th, 2009 at 9:55 am
just cut the crap and make a decent open source gfx driver.
November 29th, 2009 at 10:11 am
You make a good point. It would real interesting to see. I think both the Nano and Atom would be well suited for that. I also think aside from netbooks, both the Nano and Atom would be ideal in future smart phones. Imagine a BlackBerry Storm, a T-Mobile G1, or an iPhone with one of those puppies under the hood. That would amazing.
November 29th, 2009 at 11:03 am
“Besides, who buys a netbook to watch 1080p HD video anyway?” – Forget the netbook. The Nano and the Atom could be the ideal basis for a HTPC: They draw little power, which means they don’t run as hot as “normal” CPUs – which in turn means you can build a small silent box for your living room – or even integrate such a machine with a digital TV or home cinema projector.
November 29th, 2009 at 11:15 am
One thing that was not revealed in this video was that the VIA laptop is using VIA’s 3D hardware. These videos about the Nano seem to be more like demonstrations of VIA’s mobile graphics chips than the Nano itself.
November 29th, 2009 at 12:06 pm
I guess you cant really explain, I was hoping for an answer. I was doing some research and the Intel Atom is faster then the Via C7 CPU, but not as fast as the 1.8 GHZ Via nano CPU. However with that said the 1.8 GHZ Via nano CPU isnt way better. Its anywhere between 1%- 25% faster, and overall being about 15% faster. I’ve seen Intel Atom CPU’s run HD video just fine, infact one of the video responses to this video proves that. Besides, who buys a netbook to watch 1080p HD video anyway? lol
November 29th, 2009 at 12:51 pm
I have used a HP mini note netbook with a 1.2 GHZ Via cpu, and I have also used a HP mini 1000 notebook with a 1.6 GHZ Intel atom cpu. Please explain why performance was a great deal faster on the netbook with the Atom CPU considering all other specs were the same concerning ram and OS?
November 29th, 2009 at 1:06 pm
lol, the amount of rage in your posts. You would never guess that we are just talking about cpu’s. The point is ALL these mobile CPU units are disasterously slow.
The notebook platform is for light on the go office use. High performance and battery powered is an oxymoron. 1080p video is the least of your worries when all these devices have 5200rpm or worse drives 1GB or worse memory etc.. Your angry complaints look ridiculous.
Does a school run auto need alloy racing wheels?
November 29th, 2009 at 1:22 pm
That’s because you’re a low tech dipshit still watching pixelated shit and have absolutely no sense of future value. There are plenty of HD content online as well as blu-ray rips replacing your precious 700mb video files. Intel atom was an outdated product as soon as it came out.
November 29th, 2009 at 1:39 pm
Thats a big when. Given that a lot of market is data limited by there ISP it will be many years before ANY online content provider will have a 1080p only stream. so i think by the time that happens all PC’s out now “will be worth shit”. As long as a notebook cpu can play a 700mb Mpeg4 film video from the pirate bay that’s good enough atm.
November 29th, 2009 at 1:40 pm
I’ve always thought that there was way too much X86 in the world, and I kind of liked it better (and found it more interesting) when you had more choice of CPU. You just don’t get that in most of today’s PCs. And most of today’s netbooks are even worse, usually only letting you buy X86 processors from Intel.
November 29th, 2009 at 1:48 pm
I have never liked intel based proccecors, PPC FTW!!!!
November 29th, 2009 at 2:03 pm
how bout you put the eee pc’s atom set to maximum performance instead of power saving
November 29th, 2009 at 2:48 pm
it’s only benchmark.
free visual benchmark methods
Do you like another ultimate benchmark tool for netbook??
may be built-in vista score lol