[mythtv] [mythtv-commits] mythtv commit: r17581 by danielk

[Steven Adeff]

On Mon, Jun 23, 2008 at 1:06 AM, Chris Pinkham <cpinkham at bc2va.org> wrote:
> * On Sun Jun 22, 2008 at 11:30:56PM -0400, Boleslaw Ciesielski wrote:
>> Chris Pinkham wrote:
>> > I think the 2160 is a Core Duo, not a Core 2 Duo,  my in-laws just
>> > picked up a machine with one of these in it.
>>
>> No, it's still Core 2 Duo architecture, just not called that for
>> marketing reasons (it also has less cache).
>
> OK, well if that's the case then the near minimum machine I recommended
> is even more overkill for them than I thought. :)

Yes, Core 2 Duo architecture with less cache and I believe no
"virtualization", so it doesn't get the full Core 2 Duo nomenclature.
It can also be very nicely overclocked. I've got my E2160 running at
3.0Ghz (so far, we'll see how far I can push it).

*great* processor.
-- 
Steve