jklmpqo Posted November 5, 2008 Share Posted November 5, 2008 Long time lurker here (currently running leopard on a 680i (god i hate that board)), wanting to build a small (hopefully mini-itx) htpc w/osx +plex/xbmc. all i could find on on this board was hope and then dismay at apple dropping intel's integrated graphics. I would really like to use this with the 45nm "Pentium"(underclocked c2d) but without working graphics it kinda defeats the propose. [and a linux-xbmc is unfortunately not an option for this project]. i know a couple of the older atom boards are supported well but would those have the power for good 1080p playback/n64 (and below) emulation? (and if this isnt going to be viable any mATX suggestions?) [[also, has anyone gotten audio over hdmi to work in osx]] Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134932-intel-g45-dg45fc-mini-itx/ Share on other sites More sharing options...
bing Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 bump Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134932-intel-g45-dg45fc-mini-itx/#findComment-995003 Share on other sites More sharing options...
MaaseyRacer Posted December 11, 2008 Share Posted December 11, 2008 That is a sweet board. 4 SATA Ports, PCI Express 1x, and 2 DIMM slots which support up to 4GB of RAM. Perfect Media center board. The biggest hang up I see is graphics support, hopefully Apple will come out with a Montevina notebook or something so that we can get support for this. However, I doubt this. They have gone with NVIDIA and will probably stay there for at least the next few revisions. Maybe with some luck a forum member will have figured it out, or apple will release a product that allow for support with this chipset. Here is a thread on the graphics drivers. http://forum.insanelymac.com/index.php?showtopic=126767 Also here is a board I stumbled upon today that is mATX, and I have not seen anyone use it yet, but it has the current macbook chipset it looks like, the current macbook supports 1080 no problem: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx...N82E16813128363 Link to comment https://www.insanelymac.com/forum/topic/134932-intel-g45-dg45fc-mini-itx/#findComment-995912 Share on other sites More sharing options...
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