Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] min hardware requirements
From: Alexandre Prokoudine (avp_AT_altlinux.ru)
Date: Tue Mar 25 2003 - 10:05:54 EET
On Mon, 24 Mar 2003 12:05:24 +0100
Frank Barknecht <fbar_AT_footils.org> wrote:
> Hallo,
> Bryan Koschmann - GKT hat gesagt: // Bryan Koschmann - GKT wrote:
>
> > Can anyone give me some input on minimum hardware requirements
> > for single track recording/playback? This machine will be
> > updated later for multitrack, but right now I have the following
> > to use:
> >
> > celeron 1 gig
> > 256 or 512 megs ram
> > 40 gig or 80 gig ata100 ibm harddrive
> > soundblaster live value
>
> This is plenty, plenty.
>
> > I may end up doing dual pentium 3 866 and 512 megs (or more)
> > depending on how my upgrading goes (this is my old machine).
>
> This is plenty as well.
>
> For recording, you don't even need so much CPU power. Much ram and
> fast fat hard disks are more important. But even if you do a lot
> of synthesis the 800-900 MHz class is quite powerful. I use an
> Athlon 900 in my main machine a lot with Pd. My new laptop has a
> Celeron Mobile 1.3 GHz which feels faster but my main machine
> doesn't actually feel slow at all.
>
> Of course you can do things, that kill a 1 gig processor but you
> can do things as well, that kill a 2.5 gig CPU.
I'm thinking about a page with common hardware recommendations at
djcj.org... Something like a table:
Hardware unit | Purpose 1 | Purpose 2 | Cost
--------------------------------
name of unit | is good | isn't good | $$$
-- Alexandre Prokoudine ALT Linux Documentation Team JID: avp_AT_altlinux.org
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