Anyone tried a Mini-itx

Anyone tried Mobility Radeon 9100 IGP chipset

I think the IBASE Technology MB870 with Mobility Radeon 9100 IGP chipset looks great for a KnoppMyth box.

Read more here and/or at www.mini-itx.com


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IBASE Technology, Inc in Taiwan has announced their MB870, a Mini-ITX sized Socket 478 Pentium 4 / Celeron compatible motherboard utilising ATI's powerful Mobility Radeon 9100 IGP chipset (aka the RS300M). Industrial manufacturer IBASE released the Mini-ITX sized Intel 845GV-based MB850 towards the end of last year. Specifications of the MB870 include: P4 support up to 3.2Ghz; up to 800Mhz FSB; VGA, LVDS and TV-Out; 1 x IDE and 2 x SATA sockets; one DDR RAM slot; 10/100 LAN; and a plethora of pin headers on the board. The MB870 adds to the growing number of Mini-ITX form factor boards from manufacturers such as Axiomtek, Commell, DFI, Eyetech, Insight, Lex, Lippert, Samsung and Unicorn. Of course the CPU and cooler isn't included on the board, adding to flexibility but making direct comparisons with mainstream Mini-ITX boards with embedded Eden/C3 CPUs difficult (though if any of these manufacturers fancy sending us one, we'll certainly try...)

problem with that is ati sucks for tvout in linux.

I am still considering the above solution - but does any of you guys have a KnoppMyth on a Radeon chipset?

If its just the tv-out that sux - maby another solution can be found. Like using the WinTV 350 I will be using. ( I know it can be a challenge - but it should be possible to make that one work - right? )

yes it's just tvout that is the problem with ati. you should be able to use the pvr350, however most people can't get smooth divx/xvid playback with it, however I heard one persion saying he used some patches that must not have been available when I was working with a pvr350 and had smooth playback. another option would be some sort of scan converter.