it won't be as fast as the 2.4, but I really don't think you will notice the difference except in price. At 08:51 AM 1/16/04 -0500, you wrote: >yes, we have one here too with the same specs you list below and it is quite >fast. Do you think 2.0 would be percieved as fast? > >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Pranav Lal" <nomad42@xxxxxxxx> >To: <jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >Sent: Friday, January 16, 2004 8:36 AM >Subject: Re: jaws and processor speed: > > >Hi David, > >I have an Intel 2.4GHZ processor with 512MB of ram. The computer has an >onboard video card and JFW and cd-burning and dvd playing work fine. The >system is very fast at least according to my perception. > >Pranav >At 06:09 PM 1/16/2004, you wrote: > >I'm looking for benchmarks for a specification I'm working up to build a >pc. > >I want to know the most benifitial ram speed with jaws as the main > >consideration and of course, I will want to watch and maybe burn dvds, burn > >cds, run broad band and do streaming and such as well as word processing >but > >not a lot of high end stuff and not open too much at once. I will be using > >an external synthesizer but want a good audio card. I will be getting a > >32-bit card with a gig of ram on it if I can just to take the video off the > >processor as much as possible. I don't need a 128 bit card because I am >not > >doing cad/cam or high end gaming or modeling super sonic air craft or > >sending a space ship to the moon at least not yet. > > > >So, I might actually be quite comfortable with a 1.6 gb processor for > >instance unless all that high powered stuff I want including my 80 gb fast > >hd and my 40x optical drives just won't be supported by it. I don't want > >the pc to crawl, I don't want jaws to pull the system down too much either. > > > >I'm asking this because I have seen a lot of systems that run super fast > >without jaws but quite slowly with jaws and some that run super fast >without > >jaws and even though slower with jaws, still pretty fast so It got me to > >thinking that some bench marking might be in order becuase I don't want to > >spend a lot of money for nothing, on he other hand, if a 3.3 ghz processor > >will enhance the performance of jaws, well... > > > > > >-- > >To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > >To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to > >jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > >-- >To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to >jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. > > >-- >To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx >To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to >jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line. Tim trouble -- To post a message to the list, send it to jfw@xxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe from this mailing list, send a message to jfw-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with the word unsubscribe in the subject line.