> -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brad Templeton > Sent: Wednesday, January 12, 2005 1:51 PM > To: Discussion about mythtv > Subject: Re: [mythtv-users] Mythtv on x86_64 SMP > > On Wed, Jan 12, 2005 at 09:17:07AM -0800, Ian Forde wrote: > > The good: > > 1. It's fast. > > 2. ivtv compiled without a problem. > > 3. Pretty much everything works (see "The bad" for what doesn't) > > Ian, to add facts to the fire about how different processors > perform on mpeg decoding, it would be great if you could > report back typical CPU usage/idle times for your system > while it is decoding a 1080i video or 720p video, perhaps > from mpstat to see what both processors are doing. > > Right now in my tests the P4-hyperthreaded is blowing away > the equivalently "numbered" athlon, but it would be great to > get more real world examples. >
Yes, I second that! Espeically considering deals like this are out there now: http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?Edp No=1133509&Sku=A455-2110%20B Certainly the case is a "beauty in the eye of the beholder," but $300 for an Athlon 64 3400 barebones is nothing to shy away from if this would improve my path to decent HDTV Myth-ing...I know it's a ways off, but ....
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