[mythtv-users] 1080i HD without XvMC, how much horsepower?

[Neil Dunbar]

On Wednesday 04 October 2006 00:58, Rett D. Walters wrote:

> I have Myth running on an AMD 64 3800+ with an Nvidia 6600GT PCI-E video
> card.  System runs at about 35% CPU during 1080i playback with Bob
> Deinterlacing w/o XvMC.  System is running Nforce4 Mobo with Gentoo
> complied for AMD64
>
> I think that PCI-E video makes a substantial difference as compared to AGP.

That is impressive - and interesting. I have a similar system (no HDTV) and if 
I have Bob turned on, the CPU for X shoots to 99%. If, OTOH, I use Onefield, 
then it bimbles along at around 15%. This is an onboard 6150, which makes me 
think that an offboard GPU might well be the way to go.

Cheers,

Neil