On 18-Sep-2005, No One Really wrote:

AMD 3800 X2 Dual core good for High Definition Video Encoding if so
how good ??

Most encoding software uses only a single thread for its primary encoding work.
So if you plan on running other applications on the computer while encoding,
they will be able to use the second CPU. But if you just want the fastest
encoding and aren't concerned about its effect on other applications, buy the
fastest single CPU you can afford.