| Re: quad core questions: Who's using 4 core? [message #96378 is a reply to message #96376] |
Thu, 28 February 2008 08:40   |
Dedric Terry
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Registered: June 2007
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David - Core 2 Quad Q6600 Kentsfield with a socket 975 Intel board.
I have an Asus P5W DH Deluxe board that's a good board (esp. for multiple
PCI and PCIe slots.
(Gigabyte may be another good choice).
I heard the Core 2 Quads were on sale for as low as $199 recently - down to
$250 on newegg.com.
"EK Sound" <ask_me@nospam.net> wrote in message news:47c6e4b2@linux...
> Along this topic... what's the biggest bang for the buck right now for MB
> and Chip?? Our Nuendo machine is in need of an upgrade....
>
> Thanks,
>
> David.
>
> Chris Ludwig wrote:
>> Hi Aaron,
>>
>> If you want to get the most out of it then these will help.
>>
>> Run SP2 especially if you gonna be using for internet stuff.
>> Don't install IE7 yuck!! In fact uninstall fricking IE and Out look and
>> install fire fox and thunder bird. But don't do that until you use IE6 to
>> download em. :)
>> You will probably need to install dot net 1 and 2 but only need to
>> install 3 if you have any vista machine in your network.
>>
>> These hot fixes are for multi-core Intel cpus.
>>
>> Microsoft hot fix:
>> KB896256
>>
>> Microsoft hot fix:
>> KB936357
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>>
>> Make sure you are using the newest BIOS and latest drivers for the
>> motherboard, especially the on board video.
>>
>> Which on board video card chip does your motherboard have? 8 meg seems
>> way too low. Does it have hardwired memory and then shared past that?
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> Chris
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>>
>> Aaron Allen wrote:
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>>> Who all is running Quad here?
>>>
>>> I just loaded my new pc up with WinXP, SP1. From BIOS boot/disk insert
>>> to Windows installed welcome screen took 16 minutes. Can a get a Fresh
>>> Prince ShaLamm! Updates and whatnot's coming (it'll be on the net), but
>>> I'm looking for what to expect in the way of latency, plugs and track
>>> counts. SATA 250GB system and 400GB data, 2 GB RAM. This machine will be
>>> my 'everyday' box, streaming movies, music and handling most of my song
>>> building. I'll mix elsewhere, but this little dude is the workhorse for
>>> building/virtual synths and schlepping video render stuff when I have
>>> time for that.
>>>
>>> Has anyone noted a major change from single or dual core tech to Quad
>>> core in regards to latency in native rigs?
>>> Any great audio or video rendering benchmarks out there to try? Keep in
>>> mind, I'm using onboard Intel Graphics 8 (yuk) MB shared, so I'm not
>>> trying to test the video card, only rendering capability.
>>>
>>>
>>>
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