We had some TVs where I works that came with ATOM based computer modules.... complete and utter trash.

Unreliable, super slow, took forever to install even a single update and were just about too slow to even reliably display a slideshow.

I was really, really glad when I was able to finally replace that trash with some micro form factor Dell Optiplex 3010 computers.

I've seen VIA EPIA boards that weren't too bad.

I have that Atom cpu in my home firewall/router. Runs IPFire great. That's about all I'd use it for, though. It is weak, even with 4 threads.

Atoms of that era were meant to be power-efficient not to compete cpus in speed. I've had various atom-based helper computers over the years doing stuff like surveillance or torrenting . I still use one as a 24/7 downloading machine that uses sodimm ddr-3 ram.
If you know WHY you are getting an Atom then they are excellent little machines, if you think you'll replace your normal desktop with one then you are lying to yourself 🤣 🤣 🤣

In general, any (old) games you may try to play on there at a reasonable clip are unlikely to be multithreaded. Your Atom has two cores and four threads, which is probably why it's adequate in Windows 7, but it's unlikely to be doing much for those games you were trying. So, it's most likely your lack of increased performance with the 9250 comes down to being hamstrung by the Atom chip.

Going to try overclocking and see how much difference that would make with the 9250?

itx board in a atx case. Blasphemous is right.

Yea Diamondville/Pineville Atoms suck, they are next to useless. You could probably make a killer DOS gaming rig if you threw a SB compatible PCI card in there. Or use DOSBox on your Win7 install it would emulate out to something like a Pentium 66 class chip which is still good enough for most DOS gaming.

Also I find it amusing your using a 500w PSU for an atom + 9250. I wonder if your even using 65w at max load.

Hello! Nice case paint job. Loved it!

Could you possibly check what bus gpu-z reports gma3150 running on?

It probably works great for playing DOOM, or running a little web/FTP server, or something like that. Not much else.

Well someone bumped one of my old threads!

Sorry, this board is long gone on account of not being very good :p I have no idea what bus the graphics was using.

Good news! I replaced it with this, which is worse, but in some ways much better.

It's an 800MHz VIA CPU soldered passive tjing that I sometimes use for DOS gaming with a PCI soundcard.

That's really a shame. I honestly believe Atom was an AMAZING product, just marketed poorly. People shat on the processors for being in notebooks and for not being "As fast" as the cpu's that took 2-3x more power and 2-3x more die space. for 2008 to have a 2.5W (up to 8w) CPU that could do light tasks, was amazing. I had one of those netbooks, and my only complaint was the screen. I wanted a screen that could do 1024x768, not the 1024x700 everyone made. If not for those ~70k pixels, I'd still be using the things for dosbox.

Side note; I ahve one of thise VIA boards as well, but I have the 1ghz model. needs a re-cap, but I have a project in mind for it. Someday.

I recently snagged a HP Mini 210-2190NR and was wondering what to do with it. Atom N455 (1 core 2 thread 1.66ghz) GMA3150 1024x600 screen. Was wondering if I could use a USB gamepad and run Mame on it.

At one time my family and I had Atom notebooks and couple of Atom motherboards once.

Problem is Atom is so crippled in both CPU and iGPU as they were made with in order execution means they so poor performance-wise vs other processors with out of order execution that started with Pentium Pro, even the Pentium M has it as well gave excellent performance. The Atom's GPU is so crippled vs the x3100 and x4500 that was out prior to Atom introduction. Also they break the DOS compatibility as well since they started with 965 chip set which is post dos incompatibility.
At one time, I tried a PCI video card and actually slowed board down!

Amd CPU that competed with Atom were much better actually but breaks dos as well.

So we wasted then threw them out, also one of them suffered failure: Asus Atom netbook died in a year. not again. I kept pentium M computers as I might sometimes need one with XP to help out with software compatibility for fun and for work.

Cheers,

The first generation of atom CPUs lacked certain instructions and Out-of-Order processing. I don't know if that fully explains the lack of performance, but it could be a start.

More modern atom SOCs are actually pretty fast... relatively speaking. They compare pretty well with modern smart phones in both performance and power consumption.

I had a first generation netbook and it was completely worthless for gaming. Worse than my P4 Xp machine with integrated graphics. An HD 2400 pro PCI might perform ok, if you care to track one down. It is a "fast" PCI graphics card for XP.