Desktops Is Your PC Ready for a System Update? Features By Patrick Schmid published 23 August 2007 Comments (0) Page 10 of 15: Audio Encoding Page 1: Dispose Or Recycle? How To Spend Your Upgrade Money Page 2: Our Reference System: Two Years Old Page 3: Upgrade Considerations Page 4: Processor Page 5: Hard Drive Page 6: The $200 Upgrade Page 7: The $500 Upgrade Page 8: Test Setup Page 9: Individual Benchmark Results Page 10: Audio Encoding Page 11: Application And Synthetic Benchmarks Page 12: Graphics Benchmarks Page 13: 3D Score Page 14: Video Score Page 15: Conclusion Audio Encoding There is a multi-threaded version of Lame that delivers more performance with dual core processors.Video Transcoding Transcoding video goes somewhat faster on the dual core processor, but the difference isn't huge.Stay On the Cutting Edge: Get the Tom's Hardware NewsletterGet Tom's Hardware's best news and in-depth reviews, straight to your inbox.Contact me with news and offers from other Future brandsReceive email from us on behalf of our trusted partners or sponsors 1 … 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Current page: Audio Encoding Prev Page Individual Benchmark Results Next Page Application And Synthetic Benchmarks TOPICS athlon Intel Hitachi Intel Core Benchmark GeForce Hardware Seagate See all comments (0) Patrick SchmidEditor-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. No comments yet Comment from the forums
