[mythtv-users] Power to the Masses (CPU Power that is) - LONG!!

[Jarod Wilson]

On Thursday 24 March 2005 13:40, Donavan Stanley wrote:
> On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:30:38 -0600, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson at cox.net> 
wrote:
> > On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 13:05 -0800, Howard Cokl wrote:
> > [snip]
> >
> > > I am a huge AMD fan but I think Intel has the edge in
> > > this type of setup.  I have an Athlon 2700+ and can't
> > > watch live TV without XvMC.  You need alot of CPU for
> > > Live HDTV.
> >
> > Do Athlons not have enough CPU power??????
>
> Depends on which Athlon, how things are compiled and what resolution
> of HD you're watching..  I can watch 720p with a 1.8ghz athlon.

And I can watch 720p programming on a 1.53GHz Athlon (Athlon XP 1800). I can 
*almost* manage 1080i programming, but not quite (frequent stutters). My 
Athlon XP 3200 sits 70% utilized on 1080i programming running kernel deint.

-- 
Jarod Wilson
jarod at wilsonet.com

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