[mythtv-users] Motherboard with AMD 690G / ATI Radeon x1250 - any good for mythtv?

[Scott Milliken]

Shawn Rutledge wrote:
> On 7/25/07, Bob <maillists.mythtv at gmail.com> wrote:
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>> You say '...ought to be fast enough...'.
>>
>> Should I infer that you've found a 4600+ is NOT powerful enough to decode HD
>> without XvMC, or just that you haven't got around to trying it out yet?
>>     
>
> I didn't get that far yet.  I don't have a lot of hope for smooth
> playback without Xv, but from what others have posted, most dual-core
> processors should be plenty fast enough to do the decoding.
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I have the ASUS M2N series with an Athlon 64 X2 3800+ in it with 1 GB of 
RAM and using the onboard video, it has no problems displaying HD 
content in 720p.  When watching HDTV I can log in remotely and top shows 
about 85% idle.

Scott