[mythtv-users] What do I have to do to get HD working?

[Michael T. Dean]

On 04/14/2006 07:50 PM, Marco Nelissen wrote:
>> which begs the question... is a AthlonX2 3800+ faster than an Athlon64 3800+?
>>     
> I'm not too familiar with the AMD architecture, but since the 'X2' is a 
> dual-core, it should be equivalent to having 2 single-core processors that
> share the memory interface. So if you disabled one core, it should be
> exactly as fast as the single-core processor, and if what you're running
> is multithreaded and not memory-I/O bound, it will benefit from having the
> two cores.

And that would be true if logic prevailed and the marketing guys hadn't 
had their way with AMD PR ratings.  :)

AMD Athlon 64 3800+ runs at 2400MHz with 128KB L1 and 512KB L2
AMD Athlon X2 3800+ runs at 2000MHz with 2x128KB L1 and 2x512KB L2

You've got to get an AMD Athlon X2 4800+ to get 2x2400MHz (and, you get 
2x128KB L1 and 2x1MB L2).

http://www.amdcompare.com/us-en/desktop/

Mike