Duron 800MHZ Sage Server?

[Holykat]

Should I even waste time setting up an AMD Duron 800 MHZ Sage server? This will be dedicated to Sage Server and playback on TV (PQ issue here?).

Here is the HW spec.:
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AMD Duron 800 MHZ
512 MB PC133 SDRAM
Nvidia GeForce4 MX
SoundBlaster PCI
PVR 250-PCI
2GB 5400rpm HD for OS.
2x160 GB 7200rpm w/ 8MB cache HD
DVD ROM

SW spec:
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Win2k
Sage TV Server (with EPG animation off)


Playback quality needs to be good to make wife happy. If you guys think it's okay, I'll make this my weekend project!

[JasonJoel]

Sure. Since all of the encoding is done in hardware, and you will be watching from another (more powerful) machine it should work fine.

I think some people have gotten as low as like 500-600 MHz machines to work fine as servers as long as they didn't have to play the video too.

Jason

[Opus4]

And, an even slower system will work if you use a hardware decoder -- I have an xcard on my p2-400 server, connected to my TV.

If you play the videos on that Duron system, simply try it by encoding on the 250 & playing it on your existing video card. Yo umay be fine for that too, depending on how high a recording rate you choose.

I've always suggested that you buy whatever you would use in a new system & try it in the old/slow system -- if it all works to your satisfaction, you don't need to bother with a newer system for now.

- Andy