[MPlayer-users] Re: re-encoding

[Jonathan Rogers]

rcooley wrote:
> As a not-so-proud Via C3 owner I can safely say that C3's perform like 
> an Intel/AMD processor would at HALF the clock-speed...  In other words, 
> an 800MHz C3 performs about like a 400MHz PII or K-6 (slower in many 
> cases, depending on what you are doing with it).

That's pretty much what I expected, since you find them in the
übercheap (is that a valid use of über?) machines from Walmart 
and the like. Are they energy efficient to make up for their 
general crapulence, or is price the only advantage?

Jonathan Rogers