Robert Munro wrote:
> The easiest way to see if it's
single-threaded, and whether the CPU is a
> bottleneck, is to install
a visual monitor. There a several, however I
> like gkrellm. It's easy
to configure and will show this at a glance.
That's easier than
running top and enabling per core vie
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On Wed, 27 Jul 2011 20:16:19 -0700 "Michael C. Robinson" wrote:
> The trouble obviously is that there are three upgrade paths. I can
> increase the memory, I am upgrading the video, and I can change the
> processor. So there are two upgrade paths
1) Discrete video card will very likely help
2) RAM upgrades will almost always help
3) Atom CPU is not compatible with LGA775, it is a low power mobile CPU,
think netbooks, and at some point tablets. Not what you want to look for,
at least not for this mobo.
It most certainly will NOT outperform
I have a D945GCZ Intel Motherboard with an LGA 775 processor socket and
a 3.06 Ghz P4 on it. I'm trying to stream mpeg 4 files to a television.
So far, I'm testing playback using the onboard video. I notice there
are stopping issues with the video. Obvious question, do I need a video
card? Mayb