[mythtv-users] Should I Upgrade Frontend from AMD 3200+ to AMD X2 3800+ (DualCore) ?

William william_munson at comcast.net
Sat Feb 14 18:56:34 UTC 2009


Brian Wood wrote:
> On Friday 13 February 2009 23:07:35 Ben Coleman wrote:
>   
>> I have the option to purchase a dual core processor for an existing
>> legacy motherboard (socket939) that currently only has a single core chip.
>>
>> Do people think I will get any benefit in uplifting this frontend to
>> dualcore?
>>
>> I don't currently playback a lot of HD content but will be when I
>> upgrade the TV in six months.
>>     
>
> Depending on how good a price you can get on the X2 I'd do it. If nothing 
> else, each core will be faster than your present one. This assumes your mobo 
> will support the X2.
>
> Socket 939 is a dead end, the mobos are very hard to find anymore, and the RAM 
> will not work in the AM2 boards (they need DDR2, 939 uses DDR).
>
> But, having said that, I own 3 939 machines, I just remember that eventually I 
> will have to replace them.
>
> But a slightly faster CPU with dual cores is certainly worth doing, if the 
> price is right.
>
> Even the X2 3800+ is not fast enough to play back high bitrate h264 without 
> VDPAU, and would probably be marginal for HD MPEG2.
>
> If you have a PCIe slot, I'd put a VDPAU capable video card into it. If your 
> mobo is AGP then you can't do that, and the mobo is coming to the end of its 
> life.
>
>   
Actually I found AGP based VDPAU compliant cards at newegg. Bit pricier 
but not bad.


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