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First thanks very much for the jobs by www.itx.bg did for our products. Reference Link: http://www.itx.bg/bg/blog/itx-ng82-bg Remarks, Transalte from google, not exactly correct, just for reference, Ashley.

ITX-NG82-presentation November 26, 2010, Friday 20:47:00 Europe / Budapest Today we will try to rectify an injustice and to present a late Mini-ITX motherboard designed for the so called HTPC or Media Center PC. It is a matter of interest not so much the size or price, how much of the fact that combined with the appropriate processor can be a real alternative to the combination Atom + ION as price and

• ptions. Below it will become clear what we mean, now let me introduce you to the very board.

Specifications Socket AM2 + CPU Support AMD Sempron / Athlon NEO / Athlon II X2/Phenom II X2 X3 X4 processors Supported FSB 5200/MT/s Hyper Transport ™ 3.0 Bus with AM2 + / AM3 CPU; 2000/1600 MT / s Hyper Transport ™ 2.0 Bus with AM2 CPU Chipset nVIDIA MCP78S chipset Memory Type DDR2 SODIMM Number of memory slots / Max Supported Memory 2 slots / 4GB Integrated video Onboard GeForce 8200 DirectX 10 graphics Video outputs Analogov VGA, DVI, HDMI Audio codec Realtek ALC883 HD 7.1 audio channels Mezhova map Realtek 8111C, 1000Mbit LAN Expansion slots PCI slot Number S-ata ports 4 ports with support for RAID IDE (ATA) ports 1 USB ports (rear panel + extension) 4 +2 PS2 ports 2 ports Number of RS232 (COM) ports 1 port LPT (Parallel) port No Power Connector ATX Size Mini-ITX

Packaging and content

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ITX - NG 82 is available in two pack sizes - Retail Box (carton) or Bulk (volume saving draft package). At the time of writing the show we had a retail package. The box itself would hardly attract attention, but here it is a industrial manufacturer, but typically these companies often rely

• n glossy and colorful packaging. Standard includes: instruction, CD with drivers for 1pc. IDE

and Sata cables and the rear lamarinka panel.Platkata is implemented in standard green. Lack shareniykite with which we are accustomed to indulge our other manufacturers, but all other things like quality of construction and components used make the ITX-NG82 comparable rather high class boards o prominent manufacturers.

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Only the solid capacitors. Ferrite Core Choke, help to reduce the amount of electric energy losses in power phase of the processor and the latest generation of Japanese (NEC) MOSFET transistors with low resistance state opening, ensure lower levels of secreted heat for long work.

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There must, however, to make a statement. Although a board may be very well done, sometimes the correct and consistent performance are important box, power supply and cooling, either passively or with a fan. Maybe that's why proizoditelya judged it necessary to put aluminum radiator part of the transistors around the CPU

• socket. Due to limited space available processor power is met by 4 phase diagram and

processors are supported by up to 65W TDP. This is not a big problem because the market has enough suitable processors. In fact, the majority meet that requirement. According to the specifications supported socket AM2 and AM2 + processors, but we managed to check and work with AM3 CPUs as well know that the three sockets are physically and electrically compatible. In addition, for backward compatibility of AMD are left in DDR2 support AM3 processors. The results will be discussed below. When designing the board has chosen it to be confronted with Sodimm memory slots to save space. With this solution the memory slots are

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• two. On one hand, leads to retention of Dual Channel functionality of the board (increase

productivity) and the other allowing support of up to 4Gb of RAM. The ability to put 4Gb of RAM is a big plus, because the increase in RAM if need is easy and reflects very favorably on the speed of each computer. Many Mini-ITX boards have only one memory slot. We tested the board with 2 and 4Gb memory. We should note that the integrated graphics memory allocated by the needs of the graphic subsystem. Volume is selected manually or automatically by the BIOS menu, as the maximum possible size is 512Mb. To include hard drives and optical drives board has 1pc. ATA 133 connector, 4 pcs. S-ata II 3GB / s with support for RAID 0,1,5,10, JBOD. This is more than sufficient for the needs of HTPC since starting boxes suitable for this are small and do not offer much room for hard drives. However, if you except for watching movies to use BitTorrent client system or file server, the possibility of more disks and RAID will be your very

• useful. Power is through a standard 24 pin ATX connector and 4 pin 12V moleks. Due to the

small space in the Mini-ITX boxes sometimes require additional cooling. This will be difficult for ITX-NG82, because it is the extra three pin connector for the second fan.

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Network connectivity

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ITX-NG82

• sashtesvena is a gigabit controller of the company Realtek RTL8111C. Whether you use the

board to the file server, torrent client, or simply as a media center / HTPC this is more than

• enough. Supports Boot from LAN. Monitoring of key system parameters such as temperature,

voltage and fan speed are assigned to I / O controller chip company Winbond - W83627DHG. Furthermore, monitoring was carried out with him and one RS232 port. To add additional circuits provided PCI slot. And if that was not enough to enjoy 4pcs. USB on the rear panel and

• ne USB header on the motherboard itself to use more 2pcs. ports at the front of the box. All

USB ports are fuse for short circuit protection. Volume is 7.1 channel and codec is Realtek ALC

• 883. Ask yourself what would become the transmission of eight channels in only three slots on

the rear? It turned out that it is possible if we include in the game Front Audio connector, using

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the function "Connector Retasking" the audio driver enables to change the designation of a connector according to specific needs. So if need be submitted to the 8 channel receiver or home theater system from the rear three + one of the front windows. Opportunities for transmission of sound is not limited to this. The board has 2 pcs. RCA jacks, which transmit coaxial SPDIF. Addition, via HDMI interface can be transmitted with sound picture directly to a TV or monitor. Speaking to contact displays should also mention that the board also has DVI and VGA outputs, while maintaining working with two displays simultaneously. Under the radiator is located one-chip integrated chipset Nvidia MCP78S. For it can be said that the latest Nvidia chipsets for AMD processors with integrated video and the first with a Geforce 8200 graphics card supports DirectX 10.

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Besides improved graphics performance and availability of integrated HDMI interface, it supports hardware accelerated playback of HD video content. While for smooth DVD playback software is sufficient 400 MHz processor for advanced Full HD (1920x1080) video formats is needed at least 2.4 GHz. One of the goals of modern graphics technology to offload the CPU of this burden and make this task less dependent on him. Thus eliminating the need for rapid and energy-efficient processor for simple tasks such as decoding and playback. This is one of the reasons for the popularity and especially large share of the combination of Intel Atom processor and chipset Nvidia ION. Since MCP78S is predecessor of ION could not be much different as functionality and energy, but there is a substantial difference which gives him an advantage in some respects. In this case, the best advantage of ITX-NG82 e opportunity to change the performance using different processors. For the purposes of this presentation did tests with

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several types of processors. Before we begin with the results let us say a few words on BIOS-and the board. BIOS ITX-NG 82 uses AMI Bios. Menus do not differ much from those of other boards. Typical for this producer are detailed menus and extensive configuration options. User has complete control over almost everything. Many energy saving features may be prohibited, permitted or

• adjusted. It is possible manually setting the frequency and timing of memory. Aside for video

graphics memory can be increased in steps up to 512Mb. There is an option for manual adjustment of voltage and CPU multiplier. It would be useful for Downclock processor to reduce its consumption and separation from his heat. Missing the opportunity to Overclock. As mentioned, we tested the board with several processors. In the samples we included even unsupported AM3 processor in this trinuclear. It turns out that board leaves seamlessly with 95 watt Athlon II X3 425. Even managed to install its operating system, but the system was not stable under load. Sempron 140 was even listed as Unknown CPU on POST, but as you will see your test works quite decently. There are no problems with recognition and operation of the Athlon II 240/245/250, and Athlon NEO 6850e. Gallery POST screen Athlon II X3 425 System Overview and System Information

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CPU Configuration submenu in the BIOS South Bridge Chipset Configuration submenu - Select Video Adapter Manufactur Submenu for setting memory Page monitoring - Vcore of Athlon NEO X2 6850E e 1V Tests Early in the opening lines of this presentation talked about the ITX-NG82 for as an alternative to the ION. Therefore, alongside its results with 3 processors will offer results of a popular ION

• motherboard. For fair comparison we will use the same model hard drive, DVD-RW, power and

memory capability. On the other hand versions of the tests and drivers are also identical as

• possible. So the test configurations are:

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Configuration 1:

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ITX-NG82 - turned off all power saving features of the BIOS and allocated 256Mb of video memory;

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CPU 1: AMD Athlon Neo X2 6850e AM2-dual core 1.8Ghz with a 22W TDP;

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2 CPU: AMD Sempron 140 AM3 - single core 2.7Ghz with 45W TDP;

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3 CPU: AMD Athlon II X2 240 AM3 - dual core 2.8Ghz with a 65W TDP;

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RAM: 2 +2 GB A-data DDR2 800 - timings 5-5-5-13-2T;

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HDD: 1TBHitachi 7K1000.C S-ATA2 32Mb - operating system;

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HDD: 2 pieces 2.5 inch Samsung HM321HI 320GB/5400rpm/8M test of S-ata RAID controller.

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DVD: LG GH22NP20 - used only in test power consumption;

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Box: E-mini 2010 black with 120W DC / DC module and 12V/10A external adapter; Configuration 2:

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ASROCK A330ION - turned off all power saving features of the BIOS and set aside 256Mb;

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CPU: Intel Atom 330 - a dual core 1.6Ghz with 8W TDP;

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RAM: 2 +2 GB A-data DDR3 1333 - with SPD timings;

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HDD: 1TBHitachi 7K1000.C S-ATA2 32Mb - banned Smart;

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DVD: LG GH22NP20 - used only in test power consumption;

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Box: E-mini 2010 black with 120W DC / DC module and 12V/10A external adapter; Drivers:

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For Display - Nvidia ForceWare 190.38;

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chipset and sound - the site of the manufacturer. We used the following software:

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Operating System - Windows 7 Ultimate 32bit;

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Tests conducted by the performance:

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SiSoftware Sandra 2010;

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Everest Ultimate Edition v5.50.2100;

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wPrime v2.03;

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Cinebench R10;

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Futuremark 3DMark 06;

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HD Tune 2.55 Video playback:

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Media Player Classic Home Cinema;

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Windows Media Player. Before we begin the synthetic tests we focus on one test that is specific for ITX-NG82. With these tests we want to give you a better idea on what the board on the ground. It comes to: Play video Went to this test immediately after you install Windows. Our goal was to understand whether the integrated graphics will cope with the worst High Definition formats. Since the test is for video playback, decided to use Athlon Neo X2 6850e. First, because it is the lowest frequency, and secondly because it is the lowest energy consumption.

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This gets close to the combination Atom + ION by price, features and energy configuration. We installed the latest version 6.05 at the time of K-lite Codec rack. To play back using Windows Media Player and Media Player Classic Home Cinema, which is part

• f K-lite package. For greater visibility of the menu included a player option for displaying the
• statistics. As test material we used the free movie "Big Buck Bunny" in H.264 (mov) format (can

be downloaded from http://www.bigbuckbunny.org) and trailer for the movie "Iron Man 2" ((mkv) than http : / / www.divx.com). We start with Media Player Classic.

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From the statistics in the upper left corner shows that to maintain 24 frames per second ie have smooth playback. It is clear also that use DXVA (DirectX Video Acceleration), which means that graphics card is included for decoding and playback of H.264 mov files. Let's see how well Windows Media Player.

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Again we have a smooth playback. Furthermore, with 12 to 20% load the CPU, one core almost does not participate in reproduction. Continuing with "Iron Man 2". We'll be back in Media Player Classic, but this time with Task Manager.

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Here things are similar. The difference is that the CPU is loaded to 25%. Conclusion that can do that is ITX-NG82 complete with Athlon Neo X2 6850e is not a bad alternative to the ION. As for video playback - the performance is absolutely identical to that of ION. The next test will analyze the performance of S-ATA konrolera in regimes. S - ATA and RAID We decided it would be interesting to you, so we tested the performance of disk controller in the S-ATA mode, and then made a RAID 0 array with two identical disks. Because the motherboard is tiny Mini-ITX size, we chose two small discs. Samsung HM321HI 320Gb 2,5 inch model running at 5400 rpm and having 8Mb buffer. We stopped on it because it is expensive, and it does not chase top performance. Just want to see how the performance by adding a second drive and configure RAID 0. Please use the disk test Sisoft Sandra 2010 and small and cute snippet HD Tune 2.55.

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The graph shows that when using RAID 0 data transfers practically doubled. We should note that RAID 0 risk of data loss is higher. Speed is often paid at a higher risk. Security that provides RAID 1 is itself at the expense of more space consumed. Little program HD Tune presented graphically reading speed over the entire surface of the disk. Furthermore, it can gain an idea of how reading as a transaction loaded CPU. Measure the time to access the information on the disc, as maximum, minimum and average speed data.

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This graph is generated from a single disk Samsung HM321HI.

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And here is a graph generated by the RAID array created by 2 pcs. Samsung HM321HI. After the test with HD Tune again we conclude that when using RAID 0 double the physical transfer of data to and from hard disks. At the same time, CPU usage increases by 3.1 percent when using a disc to 7.3% when using RAID. Lower Burst Rate and uneven schedule the test of RAID array due to the fact that the operating system itself was installed on it. Continuing with the comparative tests between ITX-NG82 and ION. Because the variety of synthetic tests and testing programs is very large, we chose several popular covering CPU, memory and graphics subsystem. Sisoft Sandra 2010 SiSoftware Sandra is a suite of many synthetic tests, which also contains a huge database of previously saved results. For it is not boring run only the most interesting in our tests.

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In this test Athlon Neo X2 6850e beats Intel Atom 330 with 33% in the first and 59% in the second test. Another thing worthy of comment is that the 2.7 GHz Sempron 140 e around 9% slower than Athlon Neo X2 6850e in the first test and as 20% in the second. No wonder that AMD has not yet abandoned the K8 architecture.

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In this test Athlon Neo X2 6850e is better than the Atom 330 in integer (integer) calculations by about 20% and falls in the calculations with floating point (float) around 5%. Here ION + Atom 330 had no chance against the integrated memory controller on AMD

• processors. Even faster DDR3 memory does not help and Asrock A330ION is slower by about

73% of ITX-NG82 + Neo X2 6850e.

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This test only illustrates the difference in performance of graphics cores regardless of the

• processor. Since the first three systems use the same graphics card - their results are identical.

ION leads to the Geforce 8200 and in two tests. Everest Ultimate v 5.50.2100 Everest is a popular program providing information about temperature and system load, as well as detailed information about the computer components. Besides these things, it incorporates synthetic tests and a database becomes more detailed with each new version. In this test results are identical RAM test Sandra 2010.

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This leads to the Atom 330 Sempron 140 and Neo X2 6850e in the first test, fell in the second test, but in the third test with an exceptionally low score. The difference in the third test is to triple Athlon Neo X2, Sempron fourfold to 140 and 8.5 times the Athlon II X2 240. wPrime v 2.03 wPrime v2.03 timing for which the processor calculates the square roots of all whole numbers to 32 million.

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Slowest in this test is the Atom 330. Sempron 140 e only 9% faster at 2,7 Ghz, and Athlon Neo X2 6850e targeting 32% with 1,8 Ghz. Cinebench R 10 This test is a combination of two tests. The first test is OpenGL graphics subsystem. The second is in two stages and using CPU to render images with high resolution. The difference between stages is used in number of cores. The first used only one core, the latter all available cores.

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The first thing that strikes is that OpenGL outcome largely depends on the CPU. Athlon Neo X2 6850e is 2.7 times faster than the Atom 330 in second test and 1.86 times in the third. A small difference in the third test due to Hyper Threading technology, which helps the Atom 330, making it so that the operating system to recognize it as a quad and use its resources free to work as two additional cores. 3DMark 06 3D Mark is a test of system performance in 3D applications and games. Briefly imitate scenes from the games and throughout the measured frames per second.

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In this test will not talk about processors, for platforms. ION leads to three systems with ITX-NG82. This is thanks to a new graphics core and mostly faster (DDR3 1333) RAM, part of which is used for graphics. This does not apply to the CPU test. In its ION e last. Power Consumption For this test we used the stabilized source in combination with 12V 120W DC / DC motherboard

• f a computer box E-mini 2010. Hung an ammeter to 12 volts and computation consumption by

the formula P = UI, where U e voltage (constant 12V), I measured power and P is power. Consumption at rest (idle) e lowest measured at bezdystvie system, a full load (full load), we used the code Burn In Test, which exercises all components in the system simultaneously.

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The lowest energy system has Asrock A330ION + Atom 330, but soon it was ITX NG82 + Athlon Neo X2 6850e. The difference between the two is 2.1W in standby and 13W under load. If we consider the fact that Athlon Neo X2 6850 performs better in most tests the difference seems

• negligible. We should pay attention to the new AM3 processors from AMD. In standby system

with Athlon 240 consumes only 32 watts and under full load does not pass the 100W, which also makes it suitable for use in Mini-ITX boxes with low power supply. Conclusion We presented an exotic your motherboard. We tested it for you in different ways. Now comes the time to make some conclusions. ITX-NG82 is a well-balanced and feature-rich

• motherboard. Ability to be used with different processors it a good choice for cases where there

is a need to upgrade and enhance productivity. The availability of quad-core processors up to 65W TDP only expands the market opportunities for this. On the other hand, as demonstrated by tests, ITX-NG82 together with 22 watt Athlon Neo X2 6850e is a good alternative to the ION, since they have similar consumption and better performance in many respects. ITX-NG82 handle playback of High Definition video as well as ION. Geforce 8200 + Athlon Neo X2 6850E

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yielded the ION + Atom 330 only in some 3D tests, but this may be offset by a faster processor. On the other hand emphasizing on ION deny yourself the opportunity to upgrade. We chose to compare the ITX-NG82 with any popular ION boards, because we think it may be ordered by ION, although at low power 3D. Compared to some of benefiting Atom motherboards with the Intel graphics card would be inappropriate as the best current graphics, Intel can not handle the playback of Full HD content and a 3D performance is only suitable for simple games. Our

• pinion is that the ITX-NG82 e very good choice for HTPC or Media Center PC or mini home
• computer. We can not talk about peak 3D performance, but even complete with the slowest of

the tested processors have on average 30% better performance than ION in all other tests. The results of synthetic tests only confirm figures with our general impression of the work with the board.