ZOTAC IONITX vs Intel D945GCLF2D - Unsure

**nitefallz** · 09-08-2009, 02:01 PM

So as I was prepping everything to put my CarPC back into my car.. my Via EPIA EN15000G died on me, and I have no idea how, or why. After a bunch of yelling and cussing I realized there are cheaper solutions now than when I had bought the board 2 years ago.

I didn't want to spend a lot of money until I cam across this Zotac board, seems super sweet but is it overkill for a CarPC? I used mine for music obviously, GPS, and some video. No fancy hardware at all. Lilliput 7 inch screen, PCI wireless-g card, usb gps adapter and I was going to try a usb audio card.

The system wasn't the smoothest with the VIA board, idle in CPU usage in RR was something like 30-40% which never made sense to me. I know that the Zotac board would be a great replacement, but for the sake of saving some money, is the Intel board going to give me at the very least the same performance as the Via? (I assume it will be marginally better video wise).

Opinions?

**nitefallz** · 09-08-2009, 02:57 PM

My patience is non existent today. I went with the cheaper Intel board! Newegg should have it to me by tomorrow.

I also noticed that I can return this one if I want, but Newegg isn't taking returns on the Zotac.

**hexxamillion** · 09-26-2009, 02:26 AM

Originally Posted by nitefallz

My patience is non existent today. I went with the cheaper Intel board! Newegg should have it to me by tomorrow.

I also noticed that I can return this one if I want, but Newegg isn't taking returns on the Zotac.

This appears to be a common inquiry. I think you made a decent choice although there is nothing wrong with the Zotac. I was going to purchase one also but comparing the prices, Intel was more affordable. Then comparing features...minus the Nvidia graphics and a few other not so necessary components on the Zotac..the Intel is similar anyways.

Then again it all depends on what your mobile computing plans are....