Vorbis - May 2001 - Re: Are AMDs preferable? [was: Choosing a proces

Hi everyone,

Thank you for all your input; may I pose you one last question?

If I wish to _ensure_ that I can _always_ do real-time encoding, what is the 
cheapest AMD chip I should buy?

I really don't need "better than real-time" encoding, but I do
wish to be
sure that the CD is ripped when I am finished listening to it, so that I can 
carelessly eject it without checking if the encoder has already finished its 
job in the background... Any advice?

Thanks!

Bye,

Joane Lispton

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> If I wish to _ensure_ that I can _always_ do real-time encoding, what is 
> the cheapest AMD chip I should buy?
        Well, you can get a 900 MHz Duron for around $70 which will probably do 
just fine for you (the Duron is AMD's answer to the Celeron, but it's 
faster and cheaper).  You can also get some of the older (slower) 
Thunderbirds for pretty cheap too.
        However, there are two other factors you need to consider.  The 
motherboard is going to run you $100 or more and you also need *good* 
memory when dealing with AMD, they are less forgiving -- a $45 128 Meg 
chip isn't going to cut it.
        You can save money, but don't skimp.  Get a 900 MHz Duron and a good
Asus
motherboard that will fit your needs.  For memory, goto 
http://www.crucial.com -- I would not suggest getting memory from 
anywhere else once you start working with the higher end systems.

        Nick

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Joane Lispton wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> Thank you for all your input; may I pose you one last question?
> 
> If I wish to _ensure_ that I can _always_ do real-time encoding, what is
the
> cheapest AMD chip I should buy?
Any Athlon will suffice; my 500MHz Athlon classic (the slotA thingy)
does nicely.
All recent K6 will do it, and even the K5 will be able to do realtime encoding
soon.
Don't expect any 486 or 386 to be able to do realtime encoding, though;
not even
the AMD ones ;-)

I suggest you get a 800/900/1G Duron or something like that.
> I really don't need "better than real-time" encoding, but I
do wish to be
> sure that the CD is ripped when I am finished listening to it, so that I
can
> carelessly eject it without checking if the encoder has already finished
its
> job in the background... Any advice?
If you're on linux, the cd player won't eject while cdparanoia is
ripping.

Cheers,

Segher

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