Subject: Re: [linux-audio-user] Processor Recommendation
From: greg (gval_AT_mts.net)
Date: Tue Jun 10 2003 - 06:12:06 EEST
Something to keep in mind: One 2Ghz processor is faster than a machine
with 2 1Ghz processors because of the overhead involved. I'd suggest
getting a faster single processor.
On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 20:45, Peter Groves wrote:
> I'm planning on building a new machine and would like some advice. Right
> now I think the main application of it's "power" will be in
> recording/mixing in linux. People have been saying that a dual processor
> is something to consider, but there's currently a problem: the amd
> athlon's that would be at my price point (the 2600 - 2800's) have no
> dual processor motherboard support, and it looks like there won't be any
> b/c companies are just going to go straight to supporting the
> new 64-bit opterons (which aren't in my price range). So if anyone can
> comment on any of the following things, it would really help me out.
>
> Front Side Bus speed: how important is this for recording? i could just
> get two bargain athlon's with a slower FSB, would that work?
>
> Would any of the sound apps out there, or even linux in general, make
> any use of a 64 bit opteron anytime soon? (no i won't have more than 4GB
> of memory)
>
> Hyperthreading - the new fancy P4's have it. Does it do anything on
> linux? I saw some benchmarks where it really sped up video encoding (on
> windows), how similar to sound processing is this?
>
> In general, intel chips seem to do better in benchmarks on floating
> point stuff (games and video) while amd's do better on integer heavy
> apps (office software). I would think that sound stuff would therefore
> run better on intel's but lots of sound people say they prefer amd's.
> Any reason for this?
>
> How fast does a system really need to be before it can handle recording
> with practically no limits? (let's say fewer than 10 tracks at a time
> such as with a delta1010)
>
> thanks for any help, i'd be happy if i got responses to only a few of
> these questions.
>
> Peter
-- greg <gval_AT_mts.net>
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