Zotac ION A-Series ITX Motherboard Review

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No surprises from the other ION reviews you’ve read I’m sure, these things are great HTPC motherboards for those interested. Can easily handle HD content and is low power.

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For 1080P testing we’ll be using a clip from ‘Taxi 3’ which was also a clip downloaded from Microsoft’s website. The Asus EeeBox struggled to play this clip. The Zotac on-the-other-hand played it with ease. There was no obvious lag and the sound was synchronised perfectly. Checking the CPU utilization showed 22% – this didn’t peak any higher than 26%; nor did it drop below 17%.