CPU/GPU Hardware needs

[Asterix]

Is the Level 2 or even Level 3 cache (AMD) of the same importance as the amount of processor cores? For example: Athlon X4 versus Phenom X4?

Thx in advance

[90312]

Go for the number of cores and the clock speed of the CPU. The cache is not as important as those two.

[Asterix]

CPU/GPU Hardware needs

I did some testing using a Intel Core2Duo dualcore E7200 8GB DDR2-800 pc under Windows 7 64-bit and also a Pentium Dualcore E6700 6GB DDR2-1066 pc under Windows 7 64-bit. A friend of mine did the same ripping with a quadcore Intel Q8400 (4GB DDR2-800) under Windows XP. And guess what? Ripping to AVI (Divx/Xvid) was only a few minutes quickier with the quadcore than with both dualcores. We uses DVDFab 8.0.2.2.

What went wrong?

Thx in advance

[90312]

Do the compare using an h.264 profile that utilizes multiple cores.

[Asterix]

Aha!

Is Divx/Xvid only using dualcore? Problem wit H.264 is the lack of compatibility with several devices. That's why I don't like/use it. It is also much slower in converting.

[90312]

I will include a couple screenshots, one DivX and one h.264. You'll see the Divx never fully utilizes the cores where the h.264 does.