[mythtv-users] Upgrade old or cut my losses and buy new?

Greg Kutzbach greg.kutzbach at gmail.com
Sun Mar 4 20:07:28 UTC 2007


I think an Athlon 64 3000+ should push HD as long as your system is 
running properly.

I've never tried HD on that chip, so I couldn't say for sure, but that 
would be my estimate.  Some more people should chime in here.

GL

-Greg

Yan Seiner wrote:
> I'm in search of HD...  My cheapie Sempron 3000 CPU just won't do HD.  
> It's clocked at 1.8 GHz and has a 128K L2 cache.
>
> I can get an Athlon 64 3000+ that will fit the mobo for $60; it has 512K 
> L2 cache and is clocked 20% faster than the Sempron, at 2.00 GHz.
>
> Or should I go for a new AMD Athlon 64 X2 3800+ system?  That comes in 
> at $400.  The computer in question will only be used as a HD frontend; 
> it has no other function, so if I can get good assurance an upgraded CPU 
> will push my TV at 1366x720p I don't want to spend the money.  But then 
> again, I don't want to spend $60 only to have a system that still 
> doesn't work.....
>
> The mobo:
>
> description: Motherboard
>        product: K8V-X SE
>        vendor: ASUSTeK Computer Inc.
>        physical id: 0
>        version: Rev 1.xx
>
> memory:
>
>
>         *-bank:0
>              description: DIMM DDR Synchronous 400 MHz (2.5 ns)
>              product: PartNum0
>              vendor: Manufacturer0
>              physical id: 0
>              serial: SerNum0
>              slot: DIMM0
>              size: 512MB
>              width: 64 bits
>              clock: 400MHz (2.5ns)
>
> --Yan
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