I just bought a new box with these specs:
8 core 4 GHz AMD processor, 16 GB RAM (in a 64 bit system), 4 GB of
video memory, a small SSD with a 1 TB storage drive. I put Windows 7 on
it because it is stable and I like it. I have no idea about Vista, I
have never used it.
This new box runs in conjunction with a "headless" Ubuntu 14 server for
network attached storage and the repository for Subversion. My old
computer will soon be set up the same way for even more attached
storage. With most of the files off loaded to the servers my CPU rarely
gets to 50% usage and then only when I run multiple instantiations of a
variety of my simulations. There is no lag now which is greatly
appreciated.
So state of the art has changed quite a great deal from your minimum
standard. This describes my ten year old machine except for the fact it
had dual video cards to power four monitors.
73,
Kevin. KD5ONS
On 3/10/2015 2:05 PM, Doug Person via Elecraft wrote:
This so-called minimum was state of the art 8-10 years ago. Modern
computers would have no problem handling the Flex software. The past
few years have brought us System-on-a-Chip computers that only require
a handful of parts - vastly less than a typical transceiver. I can't
imagine someone investing the serious amount of money a Flex gets and
then running it on an antiquated computer.
73, Doug -- K0DXV
On 3/10/15 7:04 AM, Kevin Stover wrote:
Minimum, Windows Vista SP2, Dual Core 64 bit processor, Video card
256 MB memory, Direct X 10 or higher ,Net 4.0 or higher. Those are
minimums. You can probably run SmartSDR with that but if it's like
most software it will run like crap on it's minimum requirements.
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