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Although you said you aren't interested in VDPAU, it is the route I've chosen, and I would recommend it anytime. My 2 frontends both have an AMD 5050e (45W TDP) and a Gainward 9500GT 1GB Silent vga.In Mythtv (latest trunk) HD 1080p playback is smooth and flawless. <BR>
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The only "problem" I find is that if you are watching a HD channel and you enter the program guide, the channel preview gets distorted because VDPAU can't handle 2 input streams simultaneously (or something like that).<BR>
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The system is almost silent and provides good WAF.<BR>
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The processor on it's own can't perform well for HD, it definitely needs VDPAU, but the whole setup is what I use and what I recommend for its value and performance.<BR>
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I've been an AMD guy since the first Athlons, and I've not regreted it yet.<BR>
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Regards,<BR>
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Yianni.<BR> <BR>> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:09:13 -0500<BR>> From: mythtv@schdav.org<BR>> To: mythtv-users@mythtv.org<BR>> Subject: [mythtv-users] Low power AMD processors<BR>> <BR>> With the fall season approaching I'm contemplating an upgrade for my<BR>> only non-HD capable FE. I've been doing my research and came upon<BR>> these newish AMD chips, Athlon II X2, specifically the 250 chip<BR>> (technical details available here:<BR>> http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/processors/athlon-ii-x2/Pages/AMD-athlon-ii-x2-processor-model-numbers-feature-comparison.aspx).<BR>> They're dual core and are 65W TDP and unlike say the Phenom II X2 550<BR>> its actually dual core not a "quad core but oops those other two might<BR>> not work" which makes it more power efficient at the cost of L3 cache<BR>> and also it is $25 cheaper.<BR>> <BR>> Anyway, has anyone tried one of these with MythTV? Specifically<BR>> wondering how well they can play back 720p/1080i MPEG2 and whatever<BR>> format the HDPVR uses. I'm interested in playback performance without<BR>> hardware acceleration ala XvMC or VDPAU, not that I won't use one or<BR>> the other, but because I'd like to be able to not use it if need be.<BR>> <BR>> Normally I'm an Intel guy but for some reason they don't have<BR>> virtualization tech on the chips in the budget I'm looking at.<BR>> <BR>> David<BR>> _______________________________________________<BR>> mythtv-users mailing list<BR>> mythtv-users@mythtv.org<BR>> http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users<BR><br /><hr />Με το Windows Live, μπορείτε να οργανώνετε, να επεξεργάζεστε και να <a href='http://www.microsoft.com/hellas/windows/windowslive/products/photo-gallery-edit.aspx' target='_new'>μοιράζεστε τις φωτογραφίες σας.</a></body>
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