[mythtv-users] Looking for a Media PC system

[Marc-David Meijer]

> -----Oorspronkelijk bericht-----
> Van: mythtv-users-bounces at mythtv.org [mailto:mythtv-users-
> bounces at mythtv.org] Namens Jarod Wilson
> Verzonden: dinsdag 13 juli 2004 6:46
> Aan: Discussion about mythtv
> Onderwerp: Re: [mythtv-users] Looking for a Media PC system
> 
> On Jul 12, 2004, at 20:52, Russ wrote:
> 
> > Jarod Wilson wrote:
> >
> >> On Sunday 11 July 2004 10:35, Greg wrote:
> >>

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> 
> > Also, I have 3 older computers laying around (1 AMD 450 and 2 AMD
> > 1ghz). Would these be big enough to work for Myth TV dedicated boxes?
> 
> The 450 is probably a tad slow to be of much use (except possibly as a
> dedicated backend). The 1GHz machines should be solid enough though. I
> get perfect playback on an 800MHz Athlon with a GF4MX.
> 

Same here, I'm using a Duron 800MHz with a GF3 ti-200 with a
non-hardware-mpeg tv-card, and recording and playback at the same time works
like a charm (load 0.85). To give it a little more juice I overclocked the
Duron to 920 Mhz, but that wasn't really necessary.

Best regards,
Marc-David