Acer will soon be introducing the AspireRevo, a small form factor PC capable of HDTV decoding and PC gaming -- at a starting price point of $299.
The AspireRevo is based on the Nvidia ION graphics chip platform and the Intel ATOM 230/330 processor. Nvidia's ION platform is based upon the GeForce series 9400M G graphics chipset -- a low-cost, low-power GPU capable of HD video decoding and DirectX 10-compatible PC gaming graphics power.
NVidia's ION enables the AspireRevo play 1080p HD movies, play DirectX 10 games, and run Windows Vista Premium with all 3D capabilities. It's small, sleek, space-saving, and can be used as a fully functional home office PC or as a living room PC for casual gaming on your television.
Besides being equipped with the Intel® Atom™ 230 processor and NVIDIA® ION™ GPU, the AspireRevo comes with a choice of a Serial ATA Hard Drive or Solid State Drive and up to 4GB of DDR2 memory. A Mini PCI Express slot offers the possibility of expanding memory capacity to make space for continuously growing multimedia files.
The AspireRevo -- it may be the real beginning
of the PC's invasion of the living room.
The Acer AspireRevo is a bold new direction for the PC industry. It is a compact, stylish, fully capable PC that uses less energy and provides a brilliant visual experience for daily digital life, games and even high definition video.
-- Acer press release
The AspireRevo features ethernet and wireless connections, and a Wii-like motion sensing game-controller/remote suitable for Web-browsing from the couch (used as an 'air-mouse'), gaming, or simple remote control functions. In addition, the controller can be transformed into a racing wheel/steering device or a racket-like device for different types of games.
View ION technical specifications
Visit the AspireRevo home page for more information
View the AspireRevo press release
Comments
Seriously, are you THAT retarded? O.o
The 9400M G cannot even come CLOSE to even being ABLE to TRY to run any game these days...
I certainly don't expect it will run Crysis well. What's more important is that it can or will potentially bring PC gaming closer to the living room, in addition to all the added benefits of a media PC (DVR function, DVD playback, media streaming, Web surfing from the couch, etc.) I'll be curious to see just what kind of frame rates this little rig will be capable of -- and how well it handles other functions -- and at what price point.
This is not much of a gaming machine. DirectX 10 is an absolute beast in most games. Even moderately powerful systems often times go for DirectX 9 because 10 is such a resource hog. I highly doubt anyone would want to (or could) play most serious games using DirectX 10 rather than 9 settings for this little shell of a computer. Whether or not it can run DirectX 10 does not mean much.
Although, a 9400M G should be able to run games like TF2 just fine. Also, games like Fallout 3 will run on that chip on low settings (Fallout 3 runs on 8400 series chips on low settings already). So, that being the case, maybe this little rig will have some appeal for casual gamers.
Casual gaming is largely what I expect this rig to be good for -- but the lines between casual gaming and 'core' gaming continue to blur. 'Console' gaming doesn't just mean 'core' gaming like Halo anymore. There are tons of casual games out there that the Revo would have no problem with -- and future generations will likely only improve on this. What will be interesting to see is if the Revo -- and its slew of competitors (Asus EEE set top boxes and others sure to arise) will finally find a place in the living room for mainstream consumers. I'm already considering purchasing one myself... but we'll see.
Am I the only one who thinks the price is too high for a processor which is the lowest grade available in the market. Mind you $300 doesnt include price of Monitor/TV. Also there is no mention of optical drive. If they can bundle a cheap combo blue ray drive ($125) that would be great.
However everything would depend on the bundled/downloaded games and usability of the mouse-remote.
I wonder if I could use this with a HDHomerun for some simple media center stuff, and to view downloaded movies on my
LCD TV.
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