[mythtv-users] [slightly OT] HDTV cpu

[Ian Forde]

I'd go with the Athlon 64 X2 3600+.  I'm playing back 1080i and 720p
(admittedly downscaled for now) just fine on my Athlon 64 3200+.  The
2nd core would definitely help for commflagging more than the slightly
higher rating would...

	-I

On Thu, 2007-07-12 at 01:06 -0400, Daniel Agar wrote:
> I know this question is asked over and over again but I'm a little unclear
> if a dual core cpu would be better for this case. So is a single core cpu
> with a higher "rating" actually faster than a dual core cpu with a lower
> rating?
> Which would I be better off with playing back and commflagging 720p and
> 1080i from firewire.
> AMD Athlon 64 3800+ or AMD Athlon 64 X2 3600+
> 
> Any thoughts would be much appreciated.
> 
> Daniel
> 
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