[mythtv-users] Help me size next cpu, Athlon 2800+ MP enough for high quality/filters?

[Tony Maro]

J. Donavan Stanley wrote:
> D Banerjee wrote:
> 
>> I really want to get a board with 64/66 pci or at least integrated 
>> gigabit,
>> which means getting an Intel CSA board or waiting for the nforce3 250.
>>  
>>

>>
> If you're worried about CPU usage on the record, just use a PVR250 then 
> filter on output / transcode.  I've recorded a show, while watching a 
> recording with the kerneldeint filter running and a show being 
> transcodeded to MPEG4 at 3500bits/high quality/4MV and had PLENTY of cpu 
> left.   I only use a single AMD 2500+.
> 

One note on Gigabit.  Cheaper gigabit may = huge processor usage.  I've 
used Linksys gigabit cards before (I think they were linksys...) that 
were dirt cheap.  Sure, they push the data fairly well, but processor 
usage when moving a file was 80%+ on BOTH systems, just to do a file 
copy operation in Windows.  I have zero Linux experience with gigabit.