On Thursday 24 March 2005 13:40, Donavan Stanley wrote: > On Thu, 24 Mar 2005 15:30:38 -0600, Ron Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 2005-03-24 at 13:05 -0800, Howard Cokl wrote: > > [snip] > > > > > I am a huge AMD fan but I think Intel has the edge in > > > this type of setup. I have an Athlon 2700+ and can't > > > watch live TV without XvMC. You need alot of CPU for > > > Live HDTV. > > > > Do Athlons not have enough CPU power?????? > > Depends on which Athlon, how things are compiled and what resolution > of HD you're watching.. I can watch 720p with a 1.8ghz athlon.
And I can watch 720p programming on a 1.53GHz Athlon (Athlon XP 1800). I can
*almost* manage 1080i programming, but not quite (frequent stutters). My
Athlon XP 3200 sits 70% utilized on 1080i programming running kernel deint.
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