[mythtv-users] Low power AMD processors

jedi jedi at mishnet.org
Mon Aug 17 22:15:44 UTC 2009


On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 05:09:13PM -0500, David Schlenk wrote:
> With the fall season approaching I'm contemplating an upgrade for my
> only non-HD capable FE. I've been doing my research and came upon
> these newish AMD chips, Athlon II X2, specifically the 250 chip
> (technical details available here:
> http://www.amd.com/us/products/desktop/processors/athlon-ii-x2/Pages/AMD-athlon-ii-x2-processor-model-numbers-feature-comparison.aspx).
> They're dual core and are 65W TDP and unlike say the Phenom II X2 550
> its actually dual core not a "quad core but oops those other two might
> not work" which makes it more power efficient at the cost of L3 cache
> and also it is $25 cheaper.
> 
> Anyway, has anyone tried one of these with MythTV? Specifically
> wondering how well they can play back 720p/1080i MPEG2 and whatever
> format the HDPVR uses. I'm interested in playback performance without
> hardware acceleration ala XvMC or VDPAU, not that I won't use one or

    Get the fastest cores you can find/afford. The speed of the individual 
cores is more important than how many of them are on the die.

    Something like a 2.8ghz C2D/C2Q would work well enough. 

    Dunno how this translates to AMD though.

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