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 Posted: Sun Aug 05, 2007 7:28 am Post subject: AMD X2 or singlecore for HD material? |
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Im in the plans for upgrading my main computer to a Core 2 duo system and moving my current 3200+ AMD 64 out to my LCD-TV (to replace a older Dell system)
Before socket 939 chips completely disappears i will do a budget upgrade to the AMD.
Is there a preferred CPU for playing HD material such as x264, .ts streams and so on. Dualcore or high speed singlecores with loads of L2 cache (opterons)?
/Thomas
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Im not sure if these cards will decode x264 encoded material, only H.264?
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x264 is not a codec, x264 is a free library for encoding H264/AVC video streams (http://www.videolan.org/developers/x264.html).
HD contents are using either H.264, VC-1 or sometimes MPEG-2 HD codecs.
For H.264 you can upgrade your single core system with a radeon hd 2400 or 2600 or Geforce 8 8400 to 8600.
But for VC-1, only ATI has full support for decoding.
It is better to upgrade the video card than the cpu.
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Ok, thanks! IŽll check the videocard option instead!
But just out of curiosity, X2 or a fast singlecore?
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| Mixeur wrote: | | If you choose the right video card, a singlecore is enough, even a sempron 3400+... |
Yepp i get that!
My question was, is there a preference when watching HD video, two cores or a fast single core with large L2 cache?
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| Cpuswe wrote: | Ok, thanks! IŽll check the videocard option instead!
But just out of curiosity, X2 or a fast singlecore? |
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you could run a fast single core but the power of 2 cores will go further and that with a good video card will go even further. but even if your videocard isnt top notch the out come will still be better than a single core. and if the dual core isnt fast enough and you really dont wanna buy a more expensive one you could always got to over clocking. ive herd that daul cores overclock better than singles anyway so... do your self a favor and go with the dual. |
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