<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Fri, Jun 3, 2011 at 2:49 PM, Douglas Wagner <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:douglasw0@gmail.com">douglasw0@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); padding-left: 1ex;">
All:<br><br>Looking for a fast answer: Anyone out there using a Dell Optiplex 755 as a front end for HD OTA TV/Recordings? I know the CPU should work (Dual Core 2.33Ghz) and memory/etc isn't a problem, but i'm worried about the DVI Output/Built in Intel Chipset (Intel Q35 Express).<br>
<br>It's a supported chip under Ubuntu (Running it at work) but I don't know what kind of performance it'll get running HD over Network from a backend?<br><font color="#888888"><br></font></blockquote><div><br>
My home PC is an Optiplex 745 with a C2D 2.4GHZ. It has a GeForce card, but when using the Windows port of the Myth FE, it renders using the CPU only. I find that it's just barely enough to render H.264 recordings from my HD-PVR. It will work, but can get choppy once in a while and makes the box useless to use as a PC at the same time (which might not be of concern to you).<br>
<br>I believe you'd be doing CPU rendering with that chipset but somebody correct me if I'm wrong. I also don't know if there's more special sauce in Linux vs. Windows as far as CPU optimizations go.<br><br>
The rest of the machine is solid, you could always put a GT430 in there for around $60 if performance isn't quite what you need, although check to see if you need a low-profile card, which I did.<br></div></div>