[mythtv-users] Should I Upgrade Frontend from AMD 3200+ to AMD X2 3800+ (DualCore) ?

Brian Wood beww at beww.org
Sat Feb 14 15:06:47 UTC 2009


On Saturday 14 February 2009 07:55:08 Drew Tomlinson wrote:
> Ben Coleman wrote:
> > I have the option to purchase a dual core processor for an existing
> > legacy motherboard (socket939) that currently only has a single core
> > chip.
> >
> > Do people think I will get any benefit in uplifting this frontend to
> > dualcore?
> >
> > I don't currently playback a lot of HD content but will be when I
> > upgrade the TV in six months.
>
> FWIW, I am running a FE/BE combo with a AMD X2 3800+ and have no
> problems playing back ATSC HD streams.  Typical CPU usage is around 50%
> on one core using my custom conservative playback profile with "Blend"
> deinterlacing.  This was not the case on my old, single core AMD Athlon
> 2800+ overclocked to 3200+ speed.  I could play the same HD streams but
> the minute the machine did other tasks like MySQL accesses or anything
> else, those streams would  hiccup.

Are you talking about 720p or 1080I?

I played with a 3500+ single core, it could handle 720p but struggled with 
1080i.

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