On 4/28/05, <b class="gmail_sendername">Cecil Watson</b> <<a href="mailto:cwatson@linkline.com">cwatson@linkline.com</a>> wrote:<div><span class="gmail_quote"></span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
Seth Heckard wrote:<br><br>>I know there has been a lot of discussions here lately about HDTV<br>>decoding and processor speeds and such, however I get the feeling that<br>>the recommended 3GHz P4 spec is a little overkill.
<br>><br>><br>><br>There is a reason why it is recommend.<br><br>>Basically, I am asking for the slowest (and theroretically cheapest)<br>>processor that can decode all HD formats, and ideally have headroom
<br>>left over for things like commercial flagging and deinterlacing if<br>>required. I could care less about P4 vs. Celeron vs. AMD64 as long as<br>>it gets the job done. For the sake of argument, assume that a Nvidia
<br>>FX 5200 will be used with DVI output and no XvMC.<br>><br>><br> From my personal experience, a 3GHz P4.<br><br>Regards,<br><br>Cecil</blockquote><div><br>
I'm getting good results from an AMD64 3000 with 512 Megs and one HDTV card. Video card is a 5200.<br>
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I don't need to bother with XvMC. The system is rock stable. Transcoding jobs are custom script cronned in the wee small hours.<br>
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Fry's had the ASUS mobo and processor together on offer for $230. That should be cheap enough for anyone.<br>
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