On Saturday 15 January 2005 21:15, Brian Bartlow wrote: > Brad Templeton wrote: > In fact, take a look at > http://www.tomshardware.com/cpu/20041221/cpu_charts-18.html. > > This is the results of the video encoding benchmarks. This will give > you a good idea of how different processors measure up when it comes to > video applications. Notice how Intel CPUs with similar numbers (i.e. P4 > 3 GHz compared to Athlon 3000+) perform better. > > I just checked yesterday and the price for a P4E 3.0 GHz was roughly the > same as an Athlon 64 3200+ ($185 - $190). And the Intel outperforms the > AMD on the MPEG-4 encoding benchmark by about 10%. > > So I'm finding myself wishing I had purchased an Intel CPU for my HDTV > mythbox instead of my AMD. Maybe I'll just have to get another system. > >:)
But how many watts does that P4E dissipate compared to the Athlon 64 with Cool'n'Quiet? Last I checked a heavily loaded P4 is way more toasty than an A64. -- Steve Boddy _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
