[mythtv-users] Is it worth upgrading AMD sempron 3000+ to sempron 3400+

[Kevin Hulse]

On Tue, Aug 29, 2006 at 07:05:52AM -0400, John Drescher wrote:
> > I actually have a Socket 754 main board and it is supposed to support
> > AMD 64, am I correct in thinking AMD have discontinued ADM 64 on this
> > chip-set?
> >
> I think you are correct about this one. However I think the better
> choice is the Athlon64 3400 and not the sempron. Here is a link
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16819103010
> 
> It runs on socket754 at 2.4GHz and has 512KB of cache.

	My Athlon64 3500 runs at about 3:1. It takes 3 times as long
as the runlength of a video in order to convert it from mpeg2 (DVD)
to H.264.

	When running mencoder with the nice option, I have my
backend has no problem serving up media files for the frontend
eventhough it is running at 100% cpu.

	BTW, if that transcoding is slower than it should be I 
would love some pointers on how to get it running faster.

	I run Ubuntu64.