<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Dec 23, 2008 at 8:49 AM, Brian Wood <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:beww@beww.org">beww@beww.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
On Tuesday 23 December 2008 08:40:00 Travis Tabbal wrote:<br>
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> The new FE is using my old CPU, an X2 3800+. That chip can do MPEG2 OTA<br>
> recordings in HD, but the x264 stuff caused it issues. I'm going to attempt<br>
> VDPAU on it. If that works, both myth machines may get some cheap Semprons.<br>
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Are the savings from using Semprons really worthwhile?<br>
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You can buy Athlon64s for under $30, how much cheaper do you want?</blockquote></div><br><br>At that point, it's more about power usage. I wasn't aware the single core 64s were that cheap these days though. :) I haven't even looked at single core procs in a while now. They just didn't have much use to me, but if I can add a cheap video card or get a mobo with the right chipset, now I can use them. <br>