upgrade from e6400 conroe

[marv]

i have a e6400 conroe 2.13ghz running at 3.2 ghz and was woundering if u guys think it would be worth upgrading it to a q6600 quad. ? only reason im thinking of doing this is because my current cpu cant transcode 1080p fast enough.

 

[jak731]

if the software you use supports SSE4 and if you can afford to get a q9xxx chip as it will be much faster

 

[marv]

its tversity so im not sure. and only have about £140 to spend.

 

[Mick-1965]

its tversity so im not sure. and only have about £140 to spend.

Take it you are getting picture break up, only a thought. Are you sure its not your network not being fast enough to transfer the data.

 

[C64]

No keep it and get corei7

 

[marv]

its definatly the cpu its maxing out when i try to transcode at 1080p, 720p etc is fine and i know its not the network as im running a gigabit network, it just buffers a lot when i try to transcode to 1080p.

 

[Mick-1965]

its definatly the cpu its maxing out when i try to transcode at 1080p, 720p etc is fine and i know its not the network as im running a gigabit network, it just buffers a lot when i try to transcode to 1080p.

Thats how tversity works. It will max out the CPU until the whole thing is transcoded.
What problems are you having ?

 

[marv]

it buffers then plays for abit then buffers again but only when trying to transcode to 1080p

 

[Mick-1965]

You ve got a 1080p source and you're transcoding to 1080p and sending down the network for the xbox360 ?
Then assuming you have your 1080p source and the transcoded destination on two different physical hard drives. Network is fast enough even though a xbox360 only has a 10/100 port. It must be the cpu. If you board supports it drop a q6600 in there. a q9xxx would be better but I don't think your budget will cover it.

 

[marv]

well upgraded my cpu which is fine now and not raping it allso upgraded my hd but tversity still cant transcode a 1080p .x264 file to play on my xbox quick enough still getting buffering any ideas ?

 

[Mick-1965]

well upgraded my cpu which is fine now and not raping it allso upgraded my hd but tversity still cant transcode a 1080p .x264 file to play on my xbox quick enough still getting buffering any ideas ?

Only source and destination of the file.
You need the x264 file on one hard drive and the one tversity creates on another.
Have you tried watching an pre- transcoded 1080p file. make sure that's not pausing. You`d be able to see if its the network or not. I know you say youve got a gig network but that doesnt always mean youve got full throughput. Just might be something slowing it down.