[mythtv-users] How to minimize CPU usage

[Jeppe N. Madsen]

On Mon, 30 Jan 2006, Jerry Rubinow wrote:

>  On 1/30/06, Boleslaw Ciesielski <bolek-mythtv at curl.com> wrote:
> > Jerry Rubinow wrote:
> > > PVRs have existed for a while, but not HD-resolution PVRs -
> > > they're pretty recent.  If X is in a 24-bit depth mode, then I
> > > don't see where my numbers are off - 24 (bit depth) * 1280 * 720
> > > (screen res) * 30 (fps) = 630+ Mbits/sec.
> >
> > 720p is (usually) 60fps.
> >
> > Bolek
>  
>  That's what I thought, but that would mean 24 * 1280 * 720 * 60 =
>  1260 Mbits/second going to the video card.  There'd be no way that
>  would work over PCI

But video cards usually doesn't run PCI. AGP 8x, released in late
2002, has 2.1GB/s (bytes, not bits!) bandwidth. Even AGP 1x has enough
bandwidth. 

/Jeppe