On Friday 13 January 2006 14:31, Michael T. Dean wrote: > Steve Adeff wrote: > >On Friday 13 January 2006 09:52, Luis Mourao wrote: > >>Jake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>>What do you think about the choices? > >>> > >>>>Is the Athlon 64 3000+ adequate for 1080p? > >>>>Mythtv has support for 7.1 channels? > >>> > >>>well, since the pvr-150 only captures sdtv i'm kinda confused as to > >>>why you're worried about hdtv. as for how much processor is required > >>>for hdtv and the 7.1 sound, that has been discussed ad nauseam, search > >>>the archives: http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/ > >> > >> Ok, I'll search the archives. > >> Nevertheless, if you see something "strange" or "bad choice" in my > >>hardware list, please notify me. > >> > >> I'm worry about hdtv because it will be something that I will use in > >> the future (I live in Portugal), and then, I only will need a hdtv > >> card to receive digital TV. > > > >the socket 754 doesn't give much upgrade options, which may or may not > > bother you. Everything else looks fine. 1080p playback should be fine > > too. > > Buying for upgrade is a bad choice, IMHO. Even if you buy a 939-pin > processor right now, unless you buy an upgrade processor really soon, > you'll have missed out because AMD is switching to socket M2 (the > 940-pin dual-channel memory capable socket) this year. Since you can't > buy socket M2 motherboards/CPU's now, what's the point in buying a > 939-pin for "upgrade options?" > > Besides, when it comes time to "upgrade," you're usually better off > buying a new system, anyway. Think of all the pieces of the computer > that change on varying schedules--case/power supply style (AT/ATX/BTU--I > mean BTX ;), RAM (DRAM (in all its versions)/SDR SDRAM/RDRAM/DDR > SDRAM/DDR2 SDRAM/XDR), buses (EISA/PCI/PCI-E and VLB/AGP 3.3v/AGP 1.5v > and IDE/EIDE/SATA not to mention AMR/ACR/CNR), and we've already > mentioned processor sockets. And, the examples are just the ones that > have already changed--no future versions are listed. > > Mike
true, but even with M2, I'd be perfectly happy purchasing an Athlon64 X2 in a year for cheap to put in the 939 socket and using it as a remote frontend/mythcommflag machine. I don't see my use of MythTV requiring more CPU than what is currently needed for HD playback for quite a while, so I'd be happy with getting whatever the fastest processer is that can fit in 939 while they're still cheap. Granted, for a gaming machine, I'd agree with you, but for a dedicated MythTV machine, I don't see requirements increasing for a while. -- Steve _______________________________________________ mythtv-users mailing list [email protected] http://mythtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mythtv-users
