[mythtv-users] Pentium M
gad at jetcom.org
gad at jetcom.org
Fri Jun 10 15:37:36 UTC 2005
Quoting David Kyle <david.kyle at gmail.com>:
> Has anybody had success with 1.7 Ghz? The price difference between
> 1.7 and 2.0 is pretty big (about $200 from what I've found)... So it
> would be nice to know if the extra .3 Ghz is necessary. I guess if
> 1.3 can do 720p, I'd imagine 1.7 could do 1024i. But does anyone know
> for sure?
I don't know. I'd guess it *might* work on the 1.8, I don't know about
the 1.7.
The 1.3 doing 720p is marginal. The processor is very stressed there.
I'm sure that there could be occasional glitches. I don't use it very
often, since it requires me to plug in the cat-5, since the g wireless
can't keep up. I think I could optimize the wireless, but it's
currently not worth the effort. I've been waiting for the prices on the
1.8 or 2.0 to come down before I upgrade my laptop, for patio HD
viewing ;)
Myth may be able to be optimized more. One issue is that it's more
like a pentium 3, than a pentium 4, tho it does support features of the
4, like sse2. In newer gcc's (>=3.4) there is a pentiumM march.
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