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In article <2v9a3eF2hfhv5U1@uni-berlin.de>, kalev- <you.wish@duh.net> wrote:
> rstlne wrote:
>
> >
> > Your not going to find that..
> > One would think that the 2ghz would be sufficent for a MCPC ? ..
> > The other option is for you to go to the newest PentM .. They should def
> > be
> > "able" to go fanless. You could have someone build you a heatpipe that
> > will move all heat back to the case, thick case and you could go that way
> > but I say good luck
..
> > SPCR could probably help you best.
>
> You mean SilentPCreview?
>
> Indeed a 2GHz SHOULD HAVE BEEN enough, the "problem" is that I got my hands
> on HD-TV streams and WMV-HD content. Not enough CPU power. Lots of
> Framedropping and poor interactive response, hooked to a plasma.
>
> //jk
You might want to consider a video card change:
http://www.anandtech.com/video/showdoc.aspx?i=2238&p=2
In doing some other research, I ran into a few threads, where
people were experimenting with their 6800 cards, and the
video processor didn't seem to be working. But, judging by
the Anandtech article, the 6200 and 6600GT cards, may be
better candidates for your application, as the video
processor might just work better, and as these are lesser
gaming cards, they will probably run cooler than a 6800
would.
Video cards for the last several years, have had IDCT (inverse
discrete cosine transform - part of FFT, used for frequency
domain compression of video content). But the Nvidia 6xxx cards
go one step further, to also handle other functions. This page
gives a list of some of those functions - the page is for
6800, but the 6600 and 6200 have the same functions.
http://www.extremetech.com/article2/0%2C1558%2C1567092%2C00.asp
Using such a card means your processor only has to shuffle data
around. No processor upgrade would be needed, when the video
card is working properly.
HTH,
Paul