To Viiv or to Live!


	To Viiv or to Live!
Djiezes
3-14-2007 6:56 AM
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viiv, live!, live, intel, amd, media, dvd, computer, pc, hd, high definition, technology, review, benchmark, hardware, blu-ray, hd-dvd
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        </TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hothardware.com/printarticle.aspx?articleid=939"><UL>
            <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">
              <FONT size="1" face="Verdana"><STRONG>Detailed and lengthy list of criteria</STRONG></FONT>
            </LI>
            <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">
              <FONT size="1" face="Verdana"><STRONG>Ample hardware options</STRONG></FONT>
            </LI>
            <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">
              <FONT size="1" face="Verdana"><STRONG>Often cheaper than Intel solution</STRONG></FONT>
            </LI>
            <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">
              <FONT size="1" face="Verdana"><STRONG>Lots of free software for download</STRONG></FONT>
            </LI>
            <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">
              <FONT size="1" face="Verdana"><STRONG>ATI IP now AMD's</STRONG></FONT>
            </LI>
            <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">
              <FONT size="1" face="Verdana"><STRONG>Supports both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD</STRONG></FONT>
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          </UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hothardware.com/printarticle.aspx?articleid=939"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="50%"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana"><IMG width="42" height="41" alt="" src="http://www.hothardware.com/article_helpers/hot_or_not/not.jpg" /></FONT> 
        </TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hothardware.com/printarticle.aspx?articleid=939"><UL>
            <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">
              <FONT size="1" face="Verdana"><STRONG>IGP performance</STRONG></FONT>
            </LI>
            <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">
              <FONT size="1" face="Verdana"><STRONG>Still room for improvement with IGP image quality</STRONG></FONT>
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            <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">
              <FONT size="1" face="Verdana"><STRONG><SPAN>No native "quad-core" solution currently</SPAN></STRONG></FONT>
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          </UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hothardware.com/printarticle.aspx?articleid=939"><P align="center">
       <SPAN> </SPAN><IMG alt="" src="http://www.hothardware.com/articleimages/Item939/Intel_Conclusion.jpg" />
    </P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hothardware.com/printarticle.aspx?articleid=939"><SPAN>Intel Viiv Platform</SPAN></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hothardware.com/printarticle.aspx?articleid=939"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="50%"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana"><IMG width="42" height="41" alt="" src="http://www.hothardware.com/article_helpers/hot_or_not/hot.jpg" /></FONT> 
        </TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hothardware.com/printarticle.aspx?articleid=939"><UL>
            <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">
              <FONT size="1" face="Verdana"><STRONG>Ample hardware options</STRONG></FONT>
            </LI>
            <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">
              <FONT size="1" face="Verdana"><STRONG>Lots of free software for download</STRONG></FONT>
            </LI>
            <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">
              <FONT size="1" face="Verdana"><STRONG>Supports both Blu-Ray and HD-DVD</STRONG></FONT>
            </LI>
            <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">
              <FONT size="1" face="Verdana"><STRONG>Powerful marketing and industry support</STRONG></FONT>
            </LI>
            <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">
              <FONT size="1" face="Verdana"><STRONG>Single CPU "quad-core" solution available</STRONG></FONT>
            </LI>
          </UL></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hothardware.com/printarticle.aspx?articleid=939"><table background="undefined" bgcolor=""><tr><TD width="50%"><FONT size="2" face="Verdana"><IMG width="42" height="41" alt="" src="http://www.hothardware.com/article_helpers/hot_or_not/not.jpg" /></FONT> 
        </TD></tr></table></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.hothardware.com/printarticle.aspx?articleid=939"><UL>
            <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">
              <FONT size="1" face="Verdana"><STRONG>Short list of qualifying criteria with no constraint on memory size and other key features</STRONG></FONT>
            </LI>
            <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">
              <FONT size="1" face="Verdana"><STRONG>IGP bring performance bar down for platform</STRONG></FONT>
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            <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">
              <FONT size="1" face="Verdana"><STRONG>IGP image quality</STRONG></FONT>
            </LI>
            <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">
              <FONT size="1" face="Verdana"><STRONG>Poor IGP game support</STRONG></FONT>
            </LI>
            <li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">
              <FONT size="1" face="Verdana"><STRONG><SPAN>Often more expensive than AMD LIVE! solution</SPAN></STRONG></FONT>
            </LI>
          </UL></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/8AFB8BC9-7A78-48B9-870E-81857089B114/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>