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MPEG-4-Encoding: Flask Mpeg Und Divx

MPEG-2 encoding is a domain of i850 as well, but the competition is not far behind.

MP3-Encoding: Lame Encoder

This benchmark consists of a 178 MB Wave audio file that gets converted into the MP3 audio format by 'Lame Encoder'. VIA's P4X266 is 6 seconds faster than the i845 with SDRAM - though you might think that this task depends from the CPU by almost 100%.

Patrick Schmid
Patrick Schmid
Editor-in-Chief (2005-2006)

Patrick Schmid was the editor-in-chief for Tom's Hardware from 2005 to 2006. He wrote numerous articles on a wide range of hardware topics, including storage, CPUs, and system builds.