Alan NV8A wrote: >A while back I tried PowerSDR 1.6.2 on my old 850MHz PIII notebook with >512MB RAM and an Extigy Sound device and ran it with the sample .WAV >files. It seemed pretty good and I started thinking about possibly >getting an SDR-1000 or its successor, although I was warned that that >computer probably would not cut the mustard. > >Since then I have upgraded a couple of other computers and realized that >I had enough stuff left over to put together a 1GHz PIII desktop with >768MB RAM. (In fact I've since found another 128MB but haven't yet >installed it.) > >
I'm not clear on how you're running, exactly, but I have an Creative Extigy USB sound card. While it is still supported, it would not be my choice for an actual SDR 1000 deployment these days. Others may chime in with some important improvements I don't know about, but last I knew, it still required the ASIO4ALL software and that software has never impressed me as to its stability. Some sound cards do not have this requirement. If this software has been fixed, then it probably is OK, and someone will say so. But, I've never heard that the ASIO4ALL is much better for us. Note that the ASIO4ALL is not a Flex product, but it is needed by the Extigy so far as I know. As Ken noted separately, you are relatively close to the stated minimums on the CPU side of it as well. The main thing I'd do is spend the circa 200 dollars on the Delta 44 PCI sound card. This gets rid of the need for the 3rd party ASIO4ALL code and will greatly improve your experience. Larry WO0Z _______________________________________________ FlexRadio mailing list FlexRadio@flex-radio.biz http://mail.flex-radio.biz/mailman/listinfo/flexradio_flex-radio.biz Archive Link: http://www.mail-archive.com/flexradio%40flex-radio.biz/ FlexRadio Homepage: http://www.flex-radio.com/ FlexRadio Knowledge Base: http://kb.flex-radio.com/
