PC's what is the FAST standard?....

[SafeandSound]

Hi there, I was mastering some audio recently and the projects have been using
2 plug ins with oversampling plugins and it took my system to 80pct (2 x 2.8gHz Xeons, not dual core). I will be waiting 6 months before the build but the time is nigh.

I have a copy of XP Pro sitting here awaiting deployment !

As far as cpu's and chipsets what is the current stable and fast config?

Many thanks.

(for the rest of the system I propose, ASUS mainboard, TAGAN PSU, 4GB Ram,
2x500GB Samsung Spinpoints, Zalman coolers, Crucial Ram, Server tower, if any of these components are old hat now do let me know ; )

[Jcschild]

HI,
Dual Xeon Nehalem (newest) 55xx series
Core i7 (single nehalem) 920,940,965 these beat older Xeons.

FYI cant use XP on the Xeons need Vista 64.

Scott
ADK

[SafeandSound]

Thanks there thats helpful.

Though that precludes the Xeons as Vista in my experience has been one slow bloated turd of a OS.

[D]

Thanks there thats helpful.

Though that precludes the Xeons as Vista in my experience has been one slow bloated turd of a OS.

You don't know what you're talking about. Bloated, yes. Slow? Only if you're on a POS. Vista 64 is quite fast on hardware that supports it. Not good for a DAW, but good for everything else.

[SafeandSound]

Also, how do Core 2 Quad CPU's compare to i7 clock equivalents?

Core 2 quad and I7 both good to go with XP Pro 32bit?

And I wonder how much more DSP will I get compared with my dual Xeons
(single core)

Sorry for so many Q's.

Many thanks

[SafeandSound]

Not good for a DAW, but good for everything else.

What was this forum about again err....?

[TAFKAT]

Also, how do Core 2 Quad CPU's compare to i7 clock equivalents?

Intel i7 Performance Reports : (http://cubendo.com/showthread.php?t=12)

[Jcschild]

Thanks there thats helpful.

Though that precludes the Xeons as Vista in my experience has been one slow bloated turd of a OS.

once upon a time yes

Vista 64 and Cubendo in 32 bit on one of those new Xeons is sick....

over kill for most!

[TAFKAT]

Hey Scott,

Can you please get one of the boys to run up some DAWbench DSP- RXC numbers for me for the data base..

It'll be a while before I dabble with the Dual Sockets..

Thanks Mate.. :wink:

[Jcschild]

been trying since we got the POS Xeon from Intel months ago.

it took getting an order for a video system to finally get some numbers.

next day or 2 i will post

[TAFKAT]

Thanks Mate... :wink:

[Kristophe]

FYI cant use XP on the Xeons need Vista 64.

Scott
ADK

Hello, I'm new here.

My apologies if this is a very basic question, but why does XP not work with these new Xeons?

[TAFKAT]

Hello, I'm new here.

My apologies if this is a very basic question, but why does XP not work with these new Xeons?

Hey Kristophe,

We are referring specifically to XP32 , its not that it doesn't work , its simply that the Nehalem memory architecture is based on a Tri Channel array , and each socket has independent memory arrays, so even at the bare minimum that is at least 3 GB per Socket , totalling 6GB all up. Its pointless having 6GB on a 32 Bit system, and could in fact be detrimental.

XPx64 would probably work very well on these systems.

[Kristophe]

Ah okay, I understand now. Thanks for the explanation.:icon_cool: