[mythtv-users] How well does MythTV use threads?

[Steven Adeff]

On 4/16/07, Larry Sanderson <larry.sanderson at gmail.com> wrote:
> > Right now, Intel's latest and greatest is so, so much better than
> > AMD's latest and greatest (and that much more so than Intel's
> > previous latest and greatest) that anyone who buys something other
> > than it to build a MythTV box--as notorious a horsepower-drainer as
> > anything out there--ought to have very good reasons for doing so.
>
> Like price?  Newegg is selling the 65W AMD 64 x2 4200 for $99:
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819103741
>
> This is a dual core, 2.2GHz processor.  Intel is selling their Core 2
> Duo E4300 (dual core, 1.8 GHz processor) for $140 at New Egg:
>
> http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16819115013
>
> Given the choice between these two processors, I would recommend the AMD
> for raw horsepower and price.
>
> Everyone agrees that Intel has the better chips out right now... even
> AMD.  That's why AMD has recently slashed prices on their low to mid
> range chips and has established the better $/performance ratio.  That
> said, if you are interested in building the fastest machine possible,
> then Intel is your company right now.

The Core 2 Duo will overclock with much more success, which is a cheap
way of getting more value for your dollar. Though in this case the x2
4200 starts off as a faster processor.
One other nice thing about going C2D with an E4300 is that from what I
understand the same socket will work with their upcoming Quad Core
processors, which means it will have more room to upgrade, whereas the
AM2 socket doesn't seem to be slated to last for the next AMD core
design.  This is all from memory perusing articles, so I'd check into
this before basing a decision on it...

Another nice thing about going with the AMD in the frontend is the
availability of some really nice HTPC centric motherboards with built
in video and digital audio output. I'm sure eventually these will
become available for the C2D socket (775 iirc?), but as of now they
are not. From what I understand though, the Intel graphics chipset is
getting an OSS driver for linux, developed by intel, which should mean
some good graphics support for HTPC uses.

But it sounds like you are leaning towards Intel (either you have a
mobo already or whatever), and if your set on getting an Intel I would
recommend staying as far away from the P4's as possible, especially
with the release of the E4300, the Core 2 Duo's are much better in
pretty much every way, and use much less power, which is always
important.

-- 
Steve
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