Re: Seeking CPU Recomendations
On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 02:42:22PM -0500, Douglas Tutty wrote:
> On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 01:29:55PM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> > Thomas H. George wrote:
> > >On Mon, Jan 01, 2007 at 11:05:57AM -0600, Hugo Vanwoerkom wrote:
> > >>Thomas H. George wrote:
> > >>>Until now my Athlon XP 1800+ has been adequate for everything I do. Now
> > >>>I want to capture digital video from my video camera and burn it on CD's
> > >>>or DVD's.
> > >>>
> > >>>I tried reading the debian-user archives by subject but they are so
> > >>>extensive it is slow going. Perhaps there is a better way to search
> > >>>them?
> > >>>
> > >>>My object is not to be absolutely cutting edge but rather to make a
> > >>>sound upgrade for a Debian Etch system.
> > >>>
> > >>>Tom
> > >>>
> > >>>
> > >>Better CPU but for what motherboard?
> > >>You are referring to hardware?
> > >>
> > >>Hugo
> > >>
> > >My current motherboard is an Albatron KX400-8XV. Of course I would
> > >replace it as well if need be.
> > >
> > >For the record, the rest of the system is
> > > Memory: 256 M
> > > Harddrive: 70 G
> > > Video Card: Radeon 9200 SE
> > > DVD: Sony DVD RW DRU-510A
> > > Sound: Creative Labs SB Live!
> > >> Wacom Tablet with Mouse
> > > Generic Keyboard
> > >
> > >I might look for a bargin package deal - bare bones or complete desktop
> > >- but there's more space than I need on the hard drive, the DVD and the
> > > sound card are fine, and I love the Wacom Tablet. Memory is cheap
> > > these days. Perhaps an upscale video card might be worth
> > > considering but perhaps not. After all my objective is just to
> > > capture the digital video stream and burn it to a CD or DVD.
> > >
> > >Tom
> >
> > If that is all you are after I would do what Roberto suggested: buy more
> > memory. You have only 256MB but the board supports 3GB, so buy a 1GB
> > card and put that in and see if it makes a difference.
> >
>
> In addition, I would suggest trying to do as much in _hardware_ as
> possible, e.g. video capture card that does the conversion itself rather
> than relying on your CPU. For watching the DVD, ditto the graphics
> card.
>
> In effect, CPU power is that last thing to consider changing, after
> ensuring enough memory that you don't need to swap (although you should
> have a swap partition), and watching IO bandwidth, and doing everything
> you can in hardware.
>
> Doug.
>
Right. This makes sense and I'll go for both memory and a video capture
card.
Thanks,
Tom
>
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