advice needed

[303lovesit]

can anyone tell me.....

Well you know the performance meter in SX well after having loads of stuff on the go my top bar starts going up which is fine but whats the diffrence between the top bar and the bottom? and will more Ram sort the top one out?

advice apperieated!...............

[Juho L]

Originally Posted by 303lovesit

Well you know the performance meter in SX well after having loads of stuff on the go my top bar starts going up which is fine but whats the diffrence between the top bar and the bottom?

The top is CPW load and the lower is HD load. Somehow the HD load doesn't seem to work (probably only for SCSI?).

and will more Ram sort the top one out?

No. Faster CPU will sort the top one out.

[303lovesit]

So if I banged another 512 chip in there is wouldnt sort it out??


So any ideas on what to get to keep my load down (no dirty remarks here please )

Baring in mind Ive got a pentium 4 - 3.06 - 512 - 120 gig hard drive using a delta 10/10 soundcard!!


Anyone....

[303lovesit]

i would really like to see in a future SX a possible CPU meter on each adio chanel you work with so you can see which ones ae using what then maybe be able to work out which plug you what specific amounts of CPU etc!!

[Smag]

The top one is how your processor's coping - pentium / AMD or whatever.

The bottom one is how your memory (RAM) is coping.

If you need to upgrade either, I would seriously consider upgrading both as they kind of work in tandem with each other.

[303lovesit]

Thanks for the reply!!

I have a pentium 4 3.06 processer, 512 ram chip!!


So what options are there for me to upgrade!!

Can you get faster then 3.06?

Thanks for the swift reply

[Juho L]

Originally Posted by 303lovesit

Can you get faster then 3.06?

64-bit Athlon? Or maybe dual 64-bit Athlon.

But it won't give much more speed (except that dual system) since there is no 64-bit version of seuquencers yet.

Have you considered a DSP card instead? Like PoCo?

[303lovesit]

I like the idea from Martyn who mentioned sumin about a hamerfalls soundcard or something like that!!

Does a good DSP card take the load off the computer? if so can some people suggest a few worth looking in to!!

All im trying to do is basicly keep my CPU Down!!

Cheers Juho though for your help

[Juho L]

Originally Posted by 303lovesit

I like the idea from Martyn who mentioned sumin about a hamerfalls soundcard or something like that!!

Does a good DSP card take the load off the computer? if so can some people suggest a few worth looking in to!!

I think Hammerfall cards are more like basic sound cards than DSP cards. If you want to tear down the CPU load take a look for Creamware stuff, TC Poco and Universal Audio UAD1.

For example TC PoCo Elements is really good card. It can run loads of compressors and other effects and it has that TC quality (including the reverbs). One PoCo can take nice amount of strain off from CPU.

I just thought to insted of upgrading my computer, I'll invest in PoCo.

[saba]

Originally Posted by 303lovesit

Thanks for the reply!!

I have a pentium 4 3.06 processer, 512 ram chip!!


So what options are there for me to upgrade!!

Can you get faster then 3.06?

Thanks for the swift reply

I have a dual xeon 2.8ghz system.

For a uniprocessor system, you can get a 3.4ghz P4EE. Or you can get a single opteron processor system.

However, recompilation of programs to make them 64-bit has shown decreases in 10-20% of speed. So, be wary. Just because it has double the bits doesn't translate to double the speed, nor power.
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