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___guyn
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Posted : Nov 9, 2001 21:23:30
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gonna buy a new desk top.
does anyone know with which I'll get better performance for music creation: pentium IV 1.7 with rdram 800 Mhz or the athlon xp 1.7 with ddr sdram 133 Mhz?
I know the pentium IV architecture is more suitable for audio but the ddr sdram is eventually faster than the rdram cause less latency,and i cannot use it with the pentium..
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___Trip-
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Posted : Nov 10, 2001 01:37:44
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First of all the DDR Sdram is 200/266mhz
I'll get the XP (I have athlon 1.4) and I think it would run with the most outstanding performance.
though at those speeds - I don't know if you can reach the peak :)
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___morax
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Posted : Nov 10, 2001 14:26:47
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first off all before you go to buy a computer, you
have to know whats inside it, that why you HAVE to
know the difference between RDram and SDram.
SDram is a ram memory that works on 133Mhz.
RDram is a ram memory taht works on 800Mhz,
but you wont work with all the 800Mhz, thats
because this memory built specially to computers
network servers.
when you connect few computers together the ram
memory speed of the server computer splits to
several parts, this why when you use SDram, with
server computer, the server will work slow.
if you use RDram on a regular (non server) computer
you will only use 100Mhz speed from all the
800Mhz band width.
But, if you will use a RDram memory on a server
computer, the speed will split and the server
computer will still work on 100Mhz, as the
speed that will be given to the other computers
at the network.
What i wanted to say that if you wanna buy comp.
only for audio uses, buy SDram because its
much cheaper and the RDram is very useless for
this kinda stuff...
many ppl dont know this and uses a lots of money
for things they dont need...
cheers!
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___etherdesign
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Posted : Nov 11, 2001 06:39:12
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Where was this information procured?
I find it very suspect since I am not aware of any chipsets that allow the splitting of memory bandwidth between users/processes.. Perhaps I am wrong though.. |
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___GuyShanti
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Posted : Nov 11, 2001 13:31:07
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English ppl! English! what language r u talking? i lost Roman on somewhere in the third line...:)
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___guyn
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Posted : Nov 11, 2001 13:38:33
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michael, its not exactly like that.the fact is that the real speed of rdram is 200Mhz.it is multyplied by 4 though, by an algorythm that trys to guess your next request.90% working and you get an 800Mhz speed. 10% mistakes and have to go through all the piping proceedure,and there hidden the big latency.
i am aware of the advantages of ddr(which is speed is 133(sdram) times 2 hence 266..) but my qustion was trying to figure out maximisation of performance considering the cpu.
ddr i cannot use with pentium 4,though to my opinion it is a better ram, but the pentium 4 does audio and video streaming procesing BETTER than the athlon xp.
so if one of you have compered it some how,and know which of the 2 combinations works better with sound - reveal my eyes...
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___guyn
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Posted : Nov 12, 2001 01:40:07
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come on...no one to solve the mystery?
day of order is coming.. |
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___KhelProject
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Posted : Nov 12, 2001 08:14:43
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Look man...
Buy the Pentium 4 with a good s.card and let's say
that if you have the money, buy yourself 512 RAM
and a good Monitors....
The perfect studio (for Now...):) |
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