[ddots-l] Re: minimum computer requirements for sonar 8.5

Hello:
well, with win xp on my i7 based dual quad system, I can load up on soft synths 
and plugs to my heart's content and my cpu usage never goes above 20% at 128 
buffers.  One thing that does help though is the uad2 duo card which has great 
onboard dsp and an absolutely astonishing suite of plug-ins, especially if 
you're into vintage stuff. The neve and ssl channel strips are something else, 
and they have all kinds of vintage stuff like fairrchild compressors and 
rolland delays and chorus, as well as wonderful reverbs.  I can use tons of 
stuff at once, I've never maxed up the card.
Gord
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: D!J!X! 
  To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx 
  Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 1:23 PM
  Subject: [ddots-l] Re: minimum computer requirements for sonar 8.5 


  While this is true, if you upgrade to something like win7 you could take 
advantage of the quads; it is the way to go. Having just looked at all these 
options with various of my clients before i built their systems last month, it 
makes sense to upgrade to a quad core system now, you can't beat the prices! 
Then you'll be future proof! Also, Sonar 8 has improved handling of the quad 
core processors, so even though plugs might not be able to do as well with 
them, Sonar can definitely distribute tasks out to all 4 cores,  especially 
during cpu intensive tasks.
  One of the systems I just built included an i7 920 CPU, 4gb of ddr3 RAM at 
tripple channel throughput, with ht technology! Windows7 used those babies as 
if they were 8 processors, man! The joy of seeing sonar64 on that thing! I told 
them to upgrade their RAM, which is something they'll do when the resources 
become available; we make sure that the system we build for our clients don't 
break the bank :-)
  So basicly I'll tel you what i tell some of my clients: if you can and have 
the resources available, take advantage of the prices out there, upgrade the 
rig to something more current as the technology is being taken advantage of by 
sonar, and by the same token the system will be good for a few more years to 
come. You know how many of us have managed to run sonar 8 with the same setup 
we had on sonar 4 with just a few minimal upgrades? Well that's how this will 
kind of be, will last you for a few more versions of Sonar...

  If you or anyone else would like help/assistance on putting a new system 
together, feel free to contact me!

  HTH, D!J!X!


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  From: ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:ddots-l-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On 
Behalf Of John Fioravanti
  Sent: Tuesday, October 06, 2009 6:12 AM
  To: ddots-l@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  Subject: [ddots-l] minimum computer requirements for sonar 8.5 


  Hi: I'm using a Pc with the following spects with sonar 6 and am going to 
upgrade.
  processor amd afnold 64 processor 3500plus 2.25 gigaherts, ram 1 gig.
  I was going to upgrade to quad core; however, someone who knows what he is 
talking about posted a message on the midimag list which read: 
  "   Hey, the only problem not is that quad cores aren't really supported 
right by xp 32 bit, I understand that two cores is really only used, and with 
64 bit, which will be king sometday, but for now, many dxi synths and effects 
won't work, so for now, better do dual boot or wait till 64 bit grows up and 
everyone catches up.

  Any thoughts on this? John Fioravanti

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