[vdr] Re: VIA C3 800Mhz

[Steffen Barszus <st_barszus@gmx.de>]

On Saturday 21 December 2002 15:54, you wrote:
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Oliver Friedrich" <oliver@familie-friedrich.de>
>
> > Hi,
> > If you only want to view DVB a Pentium 166 MMX is enough. But if you
> > want DivX, than a C3 800 is much better ;)
>
> Sorry, but I dont't believe that DivX over DVB card will be possible with a
> C3 800. Here I have a Celeron 700 (which should be more powerful than the
> C3), but I can't watch DivX smoothly.
>
> From what I read on this ML, one seems to need a "full featured" Pentium or
> Atlon >= 1GHz for DivX. (full featured means no Celeron or Duron)
>
> Christian

I've a Duron 1,1 Ghz (Morgan-duron) which has quite enough power to do it 
(between 50-60 % CPU on most avis) with an enermax-powersupply and an 
arctic-cooling Supersilent-pro TC it is quite impossible to hear anything if 
tv is on (sometimes the harddisk).

But the C3 800 is maybe comparable to an 600 Mhz CPU (celeron/PIII/athlon 
whatever) if it reaches the power. The C3 has nearly no acceleration as the 
others, so the C3 533 isn't even enough for playing DVD back on screen (with 
DVB-card it is possible to watch DVD with it, because the mpeg2 can be feeded 
to the DVB). 

So the statement isn't false. divx will playing better on a C3 800 then on  a 
166MMX. ;) But the C3 is not enough for smooth playback. Of course you can 
try to use the tv-out of the epia board instead of feeding it to the DVB. 
Then the C3 should be enough.

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