VIA NANO CPU base netbooks is better than ATOM?

[USLaptopUser]

I will buy a netbook for web serving, video, and music. Is VIA nano is better than ATOM? Some benchmark show that VIA nano beat Intel ATOM in many apps, however, it consume more power than ATOM too.

[Phil]

I like it when people answer their own questions

For web browsing both are fine and you won't notice much difference. Battery life of Atom is better yes.

Both will not be strong enough for Youtube HD. Some 720p video will be possible. 1080p H264 will only be possible on netbooks with either GMA500 or Broadcom HD chip. I'm not sure how well the latter works.

[jackluo923]

Both will not be strong enough for Youtube HD. Some 720p video will be possible. 1080p H264 will only be possible on netbooks with either GMA500 or Broadcom HD chip. I'm not sure how well the latter works.

However, in certain conditions, netbooks with intel atom with intel gma 950 can play 720P and 1080P h.264 videos as well as some hd flash videos.

1) install windows media player 12 or windows 7's windows media center with its integrated h.264 codec will allow you to play 720P h.264 videos up to 7.5-10mbps and 1080P videos up to 5-7.5mbps h.264.
2) Using coreavc codec for h.264 decoding will result in ability to play about 7.5Mbps 720P videos and 5Mbps 1080P h.264 videos

When watching hd videos on Vimeo.com, my intel atom netbook can handle most hd videos. Some youtube hd videos also work flawlessly. Fast action ones on youtube doesn't work very well and average around 15-20FPS. A simple overclock of the processor to 1.8ghz~ will allow most of the hd youtube video to play flawlessly.

[Phil]

Jack try this HD Youtube video on your Atom 1.8Ghz. I'd like to know if it can play it smooth.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAV8bxC-eOc (press HD)

[jackluo923]

Jack try this HD Youtube video on your Atom 1.8Ghz. I'd like to know if it can play it smooth.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAV8bxC-eOc (press HD)

No, unfortunately, that hd youtube video still can't achieve full FPS. It still lags a little bit, but it's very close to being perfect.

http://staging.vimeo.com/5078027
For example, the above video plays flawlessly on the non-overclocked intel atom with intel gma 950.

[iGrim]

Yup, I have an Acer netbook and the Atom CPU is so crippled that it can not even play many Youtube videos smoothly. That pretty pathetic if you ask me...

Also, the VIA Nano is a superior architecture. It uses out-of-order processing which is FAR superior to the Atoms crippled in-order design.

[jackluo923]

I have an acer aspire one netbook (first gen) and the CPU performance is pretty good.

[Phil]

Yup, I have an Acer netbook

Did you buy one?

After you've been bashing it for weeks ...

[iGrim]

I have an acer aspire one netbook (first gen) and the CPU performance is pretty good.

Pretty good? It cant even play some youtube videos without pining the CPU max out. You really think that "pretty good" performance???

[iGrim]

Did you buy one?

After you've been bashing it for weeks ...

Yes I bought it when netbooks first came out. That is the same day I realized how BAD the Atom CPU performance is.