[MEncoder-users] Fwd: Questions on Mencoder performace

[larrystotler at netscape.net]

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthias Wieser <mwieser at gmx.de>

>The answer is: It's all about CPU clock, CPU architecture and memory 
bandwidth.
>If I remember correctly even the switch from 256kb to 512kb on older 
Athlon CPUs did not improve the speed of the common video codecs
> where Celerons are compared to other CPUs.

I checked their guide.  They didn't include the mobile celerons.  The 
Mobile celerons have 256k L2 whereas a standard P4 based Celeron only 
had 128k.  This changed with the CeleronD, but they are different 
enough that a comparison won't work.  I guess the celeron mobile could 
be compared to the Willamette core P4s since they only had 256k L2 as 
well.  Maybe someone with one could offer some thoughts on the subject. 
  Most benchmarks now don't show processors less than 2.6Ghz, and only 
overclockers that put the Mobile chips in desktop boards would have 
good comparisons.  Remember, I am using a mobile proc in a desktop 
board, but I haven't overclockedit yet because I need a better MB and 
DDR for it.

I will just have to do some testing.  Oh well.  Thanx.
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