[mythtv-users] sempron 3100 v. 64 3000+

[Raphael]

Gabe Rubin wrote:
> On Jan 31, 2008 3:17 PM, Tom Greer <trgreer at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Fry's regularly advertises motherboard/CPU combo deals.  I recently picked
>> up a ECS AM2 socket motherboard with built-in nVidia graphics and an AMD
>> BE-2350 Althlon X2 CPU for about $80.
>>
>> I'd pursue a deal like that rather than invest any additional money in a
>> socket 754 system.
>>
>>
>> Tom
> 
> That is a good point, and indeed, is how I got this current system.
> The only thing is that the deal was for a small form factor iDeq made
> by biostar that included the CPU.  The computer is similar to a
> shuttle.  So getting a new mobo is not an option here, although I
> would certainly wait for a deal like this if I wanted a new system
> completely.
> 
> I guess the consensus is that I am not going to get much difference in
> performance by simply plopping in the new CPU, or if I do, it won't be
> $50 worth of difference.
> _______________________________________________


Well... the difference just has to be enough to turn off xvmc going by 
your original post, if that's worth $50 to you. 2 GHz on an athlon64 is 
definitely enough to watch HD w/o xvmc in my case. That was socket 939, 
but the only difference in your case should be lack of dual channel 
memory. I don't know how that affects media playback, I'd guess not 
much. With the sempron do you peg at 100% with xvmc off?

Raphael