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Old 01-16-2006, 09:07 AM
mgithens mgithens is offline
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Re: HD performance on proposed computer?

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Originally Posted by Jakesty
I have a Hauppauge 500mce on a PIII 800 Intel with 512mb memory and can easily record 2 shows at the same time or watch and record. I even run folding at home on the computer to utilize some wasted computer cycles.
Without folding running, I generally see a 30% cpu while watching. The most important thing in your configuration is that you have a hardware encoder. It will do most of the processing and your cpu will coast.
Jake
but your setup is SD... HD is about 10X the data rate...
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