Quote: Originally Posted by
bes51659 
I am buying a Commell LV-679D with 1GB RAM and an INTEL Core2Duo T7100 800FSB 1.8Ghz. It will have a 64GB Samsung SSD. I hope this will sort me out.
I've made a simple benchmark my MII12000
It will be really interesting to get the corresponding numbers for the new PC.
Playback of 256kbit encoded song in mediaplayer
To the left part without VNC running and to the right with. The Mediaplayer process is only 10-22%. (on my desktop pc same number is 0-1%)
Rip of entire CD
USB DVD and IDE HDD. 256kbit mp3, coded by mediaplayer. VNC not running.
224MB memory, 100% CPU, done in
19 minutes. Much _much_ longer if music is played at the same time.
PowerDVD
Runs but taskmanager does not give any numbers and it is a bit unsteady. Will hang if you for instance pause. It is a don't touch application.
WinTV
Simply does not work. You might get a first screen shoot, but no sound.
Playback of 256kbit encoded song in mediaplayer
Without VNC
Rip of entire CD
With VNC. Rip complete in 3-4 minutes. I do not see any difference if I use playback at the same time or not.
PowerDVD
I cannot run it yet. I need a proper graphics driver first.
WinTV
Workes and is stable. Will "stumble" from time to time, but I think that is due to bad reception. Load is about 20%.
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Maybe this is overkill, but not by a lot. Too me this is the difference between painful and useable. You guys out there with less powerful PC's must be masters in tweaking your systems. I'm just surpriced there is not so much complaining :-)
Cheers, B-O