[mythtv-users] Dual Core Atom for frontend

[Miroslav Suchý]

Mark J. Small napsal(a):
> What do you folks think of using one of the new Dual Core Atom 330s for a low 
> power frontend?  The new one just came out and I can get it pretty cheap from 
> my favorite supplier ($89)
> 
> http://www.intel.com/products/desktop/motherboards/D945GCLF2/D945GCLF2-overview.htm
> 
> Does MythTV take advantage of 2 cpus each for hyperthreading to speed up 

With HT, it will appear to system as 4 CPUs.
And no, decoding can utilize only one core. But others can do other 
tasks. So basicaly more cores will lower your latency.

> What I'd REALLY like to see are some real world benchmarks in Linux comparing 
> the Dual Core Atom with the single core version and perhaps the Celeron 220 
> that was on the D201GLY2 (I've got one sitting on my shelf that I may put in 
> a frontend.  Also throw in a couple of Via Epias and maybe a VIA Nano.

Some benchmarks:
WinRAR 3.71 (Benchmark)
Intel Atom 330 @ 1.6Ghz: 484
Intel Atom 220 @ 1.6GHz: 359KB/s
Intel Pentium E2160 @ 1.8GHz: 747KB/s
AMD Opteron 144 @ 1.8GHz: 444KB/s

CINEBENCH R10 (CPU Benchmark x CPU)
Intel Atom 330 @ 1.6Ghz: 1575
Intel Atom 220 @ 1.6GHz: 833
Intel Pentium E2160 @ 1.8GHz: 3218


Mirek Suchy