[mythtv] Memory bandwith

Monty Walls mythtv-dev@snowman.net
Fri Jan 3 22:37:38 EST 2003


On Fri, 03 Jan 2003 21:56:37 +0100
Joel Larsson <joel@rosafluffmoln.nu> wrote:

> Im currently running myth on a AMD K7 650 mhz and that is a bit to slow 
> for livetv. Im investigating to purchase some new hardware. Anyway, the 
>       question is, do memory bandwith make any big differance?
> 
> I found these motherboards that have normal socket for SDRAM and support 
> for AMD XP 1700-2400 XP CPUs. Which is kinda good since I dont have to 
> buy new DDR memory for my machine. Or should I invest in a new 
> motherboard and DDR memory?
> 

My Athlon 1200 with a KT133 didn't have enought bandwidth on the PCI bus
(at least that's my guess) using pc133 memory for 640x480 rtjpeg+mp3.


So that hardware is about to become my wife's new desktop. :)


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