[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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