[mythtv-users] Low power AMD processors

[Yianni Vidalis]

Although you said you aren't interested in VDPAU, it is the route I've chosen, and I would recommend it anytime. My 2 frontends both have an AMD 5050e (45W TDP) and a Gainward 9500GT 1GB Silent vga.In Mythtv (latest trunk) HD 1080p playback is smooth and flawless. 

 

The only "problem" I find is that if you are watching a HD channel and you enter the program guide, the channel preview gets distorted because VDPAU can't handle 2 input streams simultaneously (or something like that).

 

The system is almost silent and provides good WAF.

 

The processor on it's own can't perform well for HD, it definitely needs VDPAU, but the whole setup is what I use and what I recommend for its value and performance.

 

I've been an AMD guy since the first Athlons, and I've not regreted it yet.

 

Regards,

 

Yianni.
 
> Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:09:13 -0500
> From: mythtv at schdav.org
> To: mythtv-users at mythtv.org
> Subject: [mythtv-users] Low power AMD processors
> 
> 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
> the other, but because I'd like to be able to not use it if need be.
> 
> Normally I'm an Intel guy but for some reason they don't have
> virtualization tech on the chips in the budget I'm looking at.
> 
> David
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