ill give my vote to 2k over 98 (duh...) 98se is a pos and unless you cant get drivers for your soundcard (meaning it must be quite obsolete) then go 2k or xp heck, if you cant get 2k/xp drivers for your soundcard then get a new soundcard and ditch 98... 98 is sooo much worse than 2k..
and ive heard that amd cpu's are better at floating point calculations than intel, making amd better for audio...? -----Original Message----- From: Trust [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2002 5:33 PM To: Drum & Bass Arena Discussion List Subject: [dnb-prod] Re: pc workstation recommendations? thanks for your comments Andrew- >hi, im also looking at purchasing a new pc strictly for audio use. i was >wondering what consideration you gave to the hard drive. are "silent" drives >(i think the seagate barracuda is advertised as such) necessary? Im running a 10,000 RPM SCSI Ultra 160 Seagate Barricuda on my current box. It's definately fast, but to be, honest im able to work off my 6400 RPM IDE Drive with a barely noticeable difference in speed, # of tracks, or substantial limitations. I think my machine just hits the RAM/CPU bottleneck well before it reaches the limitations of either drive. >ive got friends who are sufferring problems with cubase under xp, and in >general drivers are more common for 2k at the moment. saying that, i am >installing 98se on my new pc - i believe it to be more stable and support 98se more stable than XP??? 98 is NOT a stable operating system....i dont know what OS you're currently running, but personally i have to reboot my 98 box 5-6 times a day (at least). You usually have to work a little harder to lock up XP or 2000. I think 2K is where it's at for me, even tho XP looks all nice and shiny n stuff. =) >more programs (because of hardware specific drivers) than xp. dx/vstx >plugins should not behave any differently under either of those 3 systems >(perhaps a little faster on 2k?). >> I've used Pentium systems since the 90 mhz, but i think im open to Athalon >> or Celeron systems this time around as price is definately a concern. >celeron is a pentium system :-) while amd chips are speedy, they only nose >ahead of intel in graphics related performance. intel chips are still >superior for maths intensive apps (ie all music software), but if price >matters that much athlon is probably is your chip. A Celeron is definately NOT a Pentium, but I believe you meant that Celeron is also an Intel chip =). Thanks for the tip on the Athlon tho, I think im leaning in that direction as it still seems to offer the best cost/performace ratio. >merry christmas! likewise! --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- Drum&Bass Arena Producers Discussion List http://www.breakbeat.co.uk You are currently subscribed to dnb-prod as: [email protected] To unsubscribe send a blank email to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
