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Posted: Sat Aug 13, 2005 7:41 pm
by lowjk
Hi all,
I'm setting up a new system and since the above 2 processors are close in price, I would like your opinion on which is more appropriate for running the following simultaneously:
1) Cubase SE
2) Reason 3
3) SCOPE (Pulsar II + 14 DSP card)
4) Powercore + Powercore Virus
5) VSTi - Minimoog V, Pro 5, Wave PPG 2.v, Waldorf Attack
Thanks,
jk
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 2:42 am
by darkrezin
The more important question is which motherboard chipset are you going to be using.
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 4:45 am
by lowjk
Will be getting the Gigabyte K8NS Ultra-939 based on the nFOrce3 Chipset.
Main reasons:
1)Has 5 PCI slots - Powercore, Pulsar II + 14 DSP Card already takes up 3 slots. having 2 slots free leaves room for expansion (might want to get another DSP card).
2)Has 2 serial ports - for JV1010 & Nanosynth
3)Has AGP slot - don't have to change graphics card.
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 2:10 pm
by pseudojazzer
I'm running that exact motherboard, with a athlon64 3500, "venice". Bought for pretty much the same reasons, i can't comment on those Cpu's but imagine they would be fine - the mobo works sweet with scope, and so does the venice.
Hope thats helpful
Peace
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 3:34 pm
by symbiote
I don't think nforce3 supports X2 dual core CPUs.
Posted: Sun Aug 14, 2005 6:00 pm
by lowjk
symbiote,
nForce3 motherboard does support dualcores.
http://www.giga-byte.com/MotherBoard/News/News_613.htm
http://www.giga-byte.com/Motherboard/Su ... ra-939.htm
So pseudojazzer, when you're ready to upgrade, it's just a matter of flashing the BIOS and dropping in a new chip. Real sweet!
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Posted: Mon Aug 15, 2005 3:41 pm
by symbiote
Pretty nice. I have the Gigabyte K8NS 754 and it's been really awesome, so I'd say dive right in.
Posted: Wed Aug 17, 2005 6:36 pm
by dawman
There is also a thread om the RME sight.Once again proving that NF3,875P chipset are far more audio friendly and stable than the NF4 gamer dream chip. As we all suspected, the bug ridden new PCI-e technology is trouble for audio or we would have seen some new sound cards, or some type of benchmarking. NF3, and the 875/865 are mature and capable. The fact that NF3 can handle AMD dual core is a major bonus, especially if VSTi's are used.
Posted: Mon Oct 17, 2005 7:09 pm
by Mojoworkin
On 2005-08-14 16:34, symbiote wrote:
I don't think nforce3 supports X2 dual core CPUs.
Yes the nf3 boards do accept the X2's
GigaByte K8-NS Ultra 939 with BIOS update
F9v.6
Also, I needed the AMD for WinX32 CPU Driver:
http://www.techspot.com/drivers/driver/ ... ation/5243
There is also a WinX64 version:
http://www.techspot.com/drivers/driver/ ... -x64-1221/
This fixed stuttering in CS:S
There was an issue, with comtrolling which core received the instructions to process.
All is working smooth now.
Good Luck.
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y99/dr ... o_4400.jpg
http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y99/dr ... /CPU_1.jpg
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