On 12/12/06, <b class="gmail_sendername">Steven Adeff</b> <<a href="mailto:adeffs.mythtv@gmail.com">adeffs.mythtv@gmail.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;">
As for the 3200+ 1080i debate. I think the reason some folks are able<br>to playback 1080i and some are not also has to do with the fact that<br>not all 3200+'s are the same. Some are actually slower, by as much as<br>10%. This is due to the difference in the various core's that have
<br>been labeled as 3200+ processors.</blockquote></div><br>Once you mentioned "core" it triggered my memory. I bought the 90nm version of the 3200+ for my myth machine. I don't know the formal name for it (irrelevant), but I do know that it's the better version: lower voltage, cooler operating temps, at the same speed. Maybe that's why it "can" do HDTV. :) Still 90% cpu on one core of a 4400+ seems way excessive.
<br><br>-Greg<br>