ZOTAC IONITX-P-E: Can Intel's CULV Processors Reinvigorate Interest in NVIDIA's ION?
by Rajinder Gill on August 26, 2010 9:00 AM EST- Posted in
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Ganesh rolled out the addition of the HQV 2.0 test suite to our HTPC and media streamer reviews last month in the ASRock Core 100HT-BD review. As the ION's primary purpose is to be used as a HTPC, it's only fitting to see how it stacks up in this objective benchmark. The HQV 2.0 test suite consists of 39 different streams divided into 4 different classes. The playback device is assigned scores for each, depending on how well it plays the stream. Each test was repeated multiple times to ensure that the correct score was assigned. The scoring details are available in the testing guide [PDF]. In the table below, we indicate the maximum score possible for each test, and how much the IONITX-P-E was able to get.
| ZOTAC IONITX-P-E : HQV 2.0 Benchmark | ||||
| Test Class | Chapter | Tests | Max. Score | IONITX-P-E |
| Video Conversion | Video Resolution | Dial | 5 | 2 |
| Dial with Static Pattern | 5 | 2 | ||
| Gray Bars | 5 | 2 | ||
| Violin | 5 | 3 | ||
| Film Resolution | Stadium 2:2 | 5 | 5 | |
| Stadium 3:2 | 5 | 0 | ||
| Overlay On Film | Horizontal Text Scroll | 5 | 3 | |
| Vertical Text Scroll | 5 | 5 | ||
| Cadence Response Time | Transition to 3:2 Lock | 5 | 5 | |
| Transition to 2:2 Lock | 5 | 5 | ||
| Multi-Cadence | 2:2:2:4 24 FPS DVCam Video | 5 | 5 | |
| 2:3:3:2 24 FPS DVCam Video | 5 | 0 | ||
| 3:2:3:2:2 24 FPS Vari-Speed | 5 | 0 | ||
| 5:5 12 FPS Animation | 5 | 3 | ||
| 6:4 12 FPS Animation | 5 | 5 | ||
| 8:7 8 FPS Animation | 5 | 0 | ||
| Color Upsampling Errors | Interlace Chroma Problem (ICP) | 5 | 2 | |
| Chroma Upsampling Error (CUE) | 5 | 2 | ||
| Noise and Artifact Reduction | Random Noise | SailBoat | 5 | 5 |
| Flower | 5 | 5 | ||
| Sunrise | 5 | 5 | ||
| Harbour Night | 5 | 5 | ||
| Compression Artifacts | Scrolling Text | 5 | 3 | |
| Roller Coaster | 5 | 3 | ||
| Ferris Wheel | 5 | 3 | ||
| Bridge Traffic | 5 | 3 | ||
| Upscaled Compression Artifacts | Text Pattern | 5 | 0 | |
| Roller Coaster | 5 | 0 | ||
| Ferris Wheel | 5 | 0 | ||
| Bridge Traffic | 5 | 0 | ||
| Image Scaling and Enhancements | Scaling and Filtering | Luminance Frequency Bands | 5 | 2 |
| Chrominance Frequency Bands | 5 | 5 | ||
| Vanishing Text | 5 | 5 | ||
| Resolution Enhancement | Brook, Mountain, Flower, Hair, Wood | 15 | 15 | |
| Video Conversion | Contrast Enhancement | Theme Park | 5 | 0 |
| Driftwood | 5 | 0 | ||
| Beach at Dusk | 5 | 0 | ||
| White and Black Cats | 5 | 0 | ||
| Skin Tone Correction | Skin Tones | 10 | 0 | |
| Total Score | 210 | 108 | ||
Not overly impressive from the ION, the main loss in points coming from the Upscaled Compression Atrifact tests, where we did not monitor any real change on our 40" Sony Bravia TV. Video Conversion scores are also off the menu because the ION system lacks necessary compute power to enable adaptive contrast and skin tone features - NVIDIA don't include the options in drivers for the platform.
Before we move away from this page, we'll include a screenshot of peak CPU usage when playing back a 50Mbps MKV file:
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Googer - Tuesday, August 31, 2010 - link
SPAM!seanc1 - Saturday, January 12, 2013 - link
my little ionitx not booting well no graphics does anyone have any idea what mybe up with it? tried the hdmi the vga the dvi even put a gainward 8800 gtx graphics card in still nothing...... all fans spinning what looks to be correct speeds etc lost