[mythtv-users] Single vs. Dual Core

[David George]

On 10/30/2007 05:57 AM, Tom R. wrote:
> I'm (still.) putting together a mythtv box, and here are my options. I 
> can get an Athlon AM2 X2 Dual Core 4400+ (2300mhz) for $108, or a 
> Celeron 3.2ghz 533FSB MODEL D 351 LGA775 64Bit for $85. The real 
> question is, is dual core worth losing 0.7ghz and paying $23 extra? I 
> plan to have two tuners and it needs to be HDTV capable.

Why not get the AMD Athlon 64 X2 4000+ (2.1GHz, 2x512K L2) Brisbane Core 
for $66?  Dual core is definitely worth it.  GHz isn't everything.  One 
of my HDTV frontends with Athlon X2 3800+ was displaying 1080i at 50% of 
one core and 720p at 65% of one core (on a 1920x1080p LCD) all while 
clocked down at the time to 1.8GHz using cool-n-quiet.  This was without 
using xvmc.

HTH,
-- 
David