Have been using AutoGK for quite a few years. On my dual core machines (E6600 & E8400) I saw maxed out CPU utilization in both cores when the VirtualDub Mod portion of the program was running.
On my new i7-720QM laptop, I only see 50% or less CPU utilization. I am pondering an upgrade to my HTPC machine which runs the encoding, and I'm wondering if quad core i5/i7 chip will benefit me greatly or not. Would a Q9550 chip produce similar results and save me the money on getting a new MB & RAM?
Does anyone know why AutoGK might not be taking full advantage of the i7-720QM (6GB of 1066 DDR3 RAM, 250M video?
Is Handbrake the faster solution for multi-core hyperthreaded machines or is there another freeware program which supersedes AutoGK for DVD to avi conversion?
All other things being equal, would a Q9550 provide decent performance increase, or do I have to jump into the new i5/i7 chipsets to see real gains?
Thanks.
On my new i7-720QM laptop, I only see 50% or less CPU utilization. I am pondering an upgrade to my HTPC machine which runs the encoding, and I'm wondering if quad core i5/i7 chip will benefit me greatly or not. Would a Q9550 chip produce similar results and save me the money on getting a new MB & RAM?
Does anyone know why AutoGK might not be taking full advantage of the i7-720QM (6GB of 1066 DDR3 RAM, 250M video?
Is Handbrake the faster solution for multi-core hyperthreaded machines or is there another freeware program which supersedes AutoGK for DVD to avi conversion?
All other things being equal, would a Q9550 provide decent performance increase, or do I have to jump into the new i5/i7 chipsets to see real gains?
Thanks.