It appears you have not yet registered with our community. To register please click here...

 
Go Back [M] > Madshrimps > WebNews
ASRock Revamps HTPC Lineup with VisionX, Vision HT and MINI Series ASRock Revamps HTPC Lineup with VisionX, Vision HT and MINI Series
FAQ Members List Calendar Search Today's Posts Mark Forums Read


ASRock Revamps HTPC Lineup with VisionX, Vision HT and MINI Series
Reply
 
Thread Tools
Old 4th June 2012, 09:24   #1
[M] Reviewer
 
Stefan Mileschin's Avatar
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Romania
Posts: 148,055
Stefan Mileschin Freshly Registered
Default ASRock Revamps HTPC Lineup with VisionX, Vision HT and MINI Series

ASRock's mini-ITX form factor HTPCs have been held in high esteem by us, but their second generation refresh left a lot to be desired in terms of being revolutionary upgrades. The CoreHT 252B wasn't that different from the original Core100, except for the move from Arrandale to Sandy Bridge. In the case of Vision 3D 252B, it was a similar disappointment (with the GT 540M being just a overclocked version of the GT 425M used in the first generation version).

ASRock went back to the drawing board and have now come back with a completely revamped HTPC lineup. NVIDIA seems to have gone missing at the high end. We are not sure whether it is because of the 28nm Kepler shortage or whether ASRock just had enough of NVIDIA's rebranding shenanigans. In any case, the Vision 3D series has been renamed as VisionX, and gets a 28nm mobile AMD GPU. The Core series (plain Intel mobile CPU with the high end iGPU) is now rebranded as Vision HT, and gets the same industrial design as the current generation Vision 3D series. The MINI series is a new entrant based on the next-gen Brazos 2.0 platform.

Without further digression, let us take a detailed look at ASRock's 2012 HTPC lineup.

ION 3D Series:

The ION units seem to be surprisingly popular in the entry level market even now. ASRock continues to see demand for the ION 3D and will be continuing to manufacture this even in 2012. ASRock's ION 3D differentiates itself from the other ION units in the market by using a ICH8M chipset (which allows the GT218 ION GPU to operate at PCI-E x4) instead of the usual NM10 (which allows for GPU operation at PCI-E x1 only).

Since this is not a new model, interested readers can just hit up the specifications here.

MINI Series:

Slated to make a market appearance in Q4 2012, these units are based on the AMD E2-1800 APU with AMD Radeon HD7340 graphics. The industrial design is the same as that of the Core100 we saw a couple of years back.

http://www.anandtech.com/show/5883/a...nd-mini-series
Stefan Mileschin is offline   Reply With Quote
Reply


Similar Threads
Thread Thread Starter Forum Replies Last Post
Streacom Updates Passive HTPC Chassis Lineup with FC9 and FC10 Stefan Mileschin WebNews 0 25th May 2012 07:55
ASRock's High-End Vision 3D 252B HTPC Review Stefan Mileschin WebNews 0 8th May 2012 07:12
ASRock LGA2011 Lineup Complete with X79 Extreme4 Stefan Mileschin WebNews 0 2nd November 2011 07:34
Mini-ITX Face-Off: Asrock Z68M-ITX-HT vs. Asrock A75M-ITX Stefan Mileschin WebNews 0 21st October 2011 09:15
ASRock ION 3D - A Next Generation ION HTPC jmke WebNews 0 17th January 2011 09:53
ASRock ION 3D Blu-ray HTPC jmke WebNews 0 20th December 2010 16:14
Asrock Vision 3D HTPC Review jmke WebNews 0 8th December 2010 15:10
ASRock Vision 3D Blu-ray MCE HTPC jmke WebNews 0 24th November 2010 11:09
ASRock Vision 3D Mini PC Review jmke WebNews 0 15th October 2010 09:07
ASRock Launches "Vision 3D", a Mac Mini Look-A-Like jmke WebNews 0 16th September 2010 17:04

Thread Tools

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

vB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are Off
Pingbacks are Off
Refbacks are Off


All times are GMT +1. The time now is 13:21.


Powered by vBulletin® - Copyright ©2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Content Relevant URLs by vBSEO