Just so I have it on hand, does anybody know what the recommended amount of
memory/CPU on a computer should be to run Sonar 8.5.3 Producer at a
useful/practicle level without having timing/skipping or caching issues is?
Some of you might remember that I had a well. cluncky/junky EMachines T6212
which had 512MB of memory w/ 128MB of it shared with video and an AMD64 1.99
(3200+ processor running XP home. Chris Bell (sorry for calling you out)
would always pretty much tell me that basically a lot of my problems with
recording happen to have been the computer I had - no way in the world it
would keep up to the demands of a real DAW. Of course I never listened -
well, I did, but never really acted on it. Everybody might be thrilled to
know that the old nag (computer) has uh. um. decided to take a very large
plunge into the very deep river to heaven. R.I.P old computer! Good riddens!
Anyways, this trip to wherever it decided to take cost me everything. I lost
everything. Projects, files, key codes - you name it I lost it. Even my
*gulp* backups? Oh well. Guess I will have to start over from the beginning
(again).
Now, I have a new computer. Its name is "monster". This is what it looks
like:
Component
Details
Subscore
Base score
Processor
Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6600 @ 2.40GHz
5.9
4.5
Determined by lowest subscore
Memory (RAM)
4.00 GB
5.9
Graphics
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI
5.6
Gaming graphics
2014 MB Total available graphics memory
4.5
Primary hard disk
76GB Free (149GB Total)
5.7
Windows 7 Professional
System
_____
Manufacturer
Dell Inc.
Model
Precision WorkStation 390
Total amount of system memory
4.00 GB RAM
System type
64-bit operating system
Number of processor cores
2
Storage
_____
Total size of hard disk(s)
149 GB
Disk partition (C:)
76 GB Free (149 GB Total)
Media drive (D:)
CD/DVD
Graphics
_____
Display adapter type
NVIDIA Quadro FX 3450/4000 SDI
Total available graphics memory
2014 MB
Dedicated graphics memory
256 MB
Dedicated system memory
0 MB
Shared system memory
1758 MB
Display adapter driver version
8.17.12.5896
Primary monitor resolution
1024x768
Secondary monitor resolution
1024x768
DirectX version
DirectX 9.0 or better
Network
_____
Network Adapter
Broadcom NetXtreme 57xx Gigabit Controller
Do you think this will be able to handle the real world of recording and
DAWs?
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