[mythtv-users] nVidia ION motherboards - Single- or Dual-Core?

[Gerald Brandt]

----- "Nick Rout" <nick.rout at gmail.com> wrote: 
> On Wed, Oct 21, 2009 at 8:45 AM, Gerald Brandt <gbr at majentis.com> wrote: 
> > ----- "Phil Bridges" <gravityhammer at gmail.com> wrote: 
> >> The wife and I are planning on getting a large (most-likely 1080P) 
> >> flatscreen for ourselves for Christmas. Rather than add a full-sized 
> >> frontend, I'd like to try net-booting one of the ION boards. I'd like 
> >> it to be as quiet as possible, so I'm leaning towards the fanless 
> >> single-core. Does the extra horsepower of the dual-core model get 
> >> utilized under Myth? 
> 
> > Hi, 
> > 
> > I went dual core, and I wish I went single. The noise from the fan isn't 
> > bad, but totally unnecessary. 
> > 
> > That being said, I had issues with vdpau on SD content, and flipped back to 
> > Xv. That would've pushed a single core to 60-70% usage all the time. 
> > 
> > Gerald 
> > 
> 
> Fixed your top post :P 
> 
> See here http://www.gossamer-threads.com/lists/mythtv/mythtvnz/402048 
> for a similar discussion. 
> 
> What was never really answered for me was whether the single core was 
> up to the new myth-ui stuff. 
> 
> Does anyone on this list have a comment on that? 
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Damn. Thanks. 
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