i´m going to buy me a dual core

[gabriel g.]

I know there was a tread about AMD and intel but this is a direct question:

Are here cubase 4 users with dualcore processors.

I dont want to spend to much so what would you say.

AMD 4200 and AUSUS mainboard

or . . . . . .


thanks

 

[kev]

Makes a nice impact on cubase 3, ive a 4800+ X-2 overclocked to the speed of the flagship £500 F processor. The current intels are slaying AMD, so watch out- they're also a tad more expensive. Anything above 4000 will do great.

 

[-Gavin-]

i use a 4200+ and the asus board with 2gb ram.


FUcking stunning.



Really.



´That said, i'm a sonar user so the 64bit benifits really kick in but the 4200 is amazing.

My projects usuallyend up 50+ tracks with a rake of comprex routing and a ton of plugs and i've never ONCE hit the 70% mark.

 

[gabriel g.]

thanks. I also thought about that.

4200+ dual core asus board . . . .

nothing wrong with it.

Cubase 4 is a bitch in cpu usage. So I need it very fast.

Thanks

 

[Ermz]

Running a nearly brand new Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 rig here. It craps all over any sessions I've needed it for. Total beast. Owns anything AMD have out on the market right now, plus it's real cheap.

The overclocking headroom is massive... the default clock is 2.4ghz or so. You can easily get them up to 3.8ghz with some pushing.

 

[gabriel g.]

is there any tool I can over lock my cpus easiely without damaging them?

In my studio i´m gonna have a single amd 939 3700+. (recording pc and pre mix with the bands)

At home i´m gonna have amd dualcore 4200+ (for final mix and mastering)


and thanks for the answers


Ps.: never buy asrock mainboards!!!!

 

[kev]

is there any tool I can over lock my cpus easiely without damaging them?

In my studio i´m gonna have a single amd 939 3700+. (recording pc and pre mix with the bands)

At home i´m gonna have amd dualcore 4200+ (for final mix and mastering)


and thanks for the answers


Ps.: never buy asrock mainboards!!!!

I'd always overclock direct from the bios as these overclocking programmes can be riddled with trouble.

Make sure you know what you're doing by researching some articles. Quick and easy is to take the FSB up in small increments in the bios and maybe add some more voltage juice if you're BSODDING. On newer boards, the architecture is different, something to do with the North bus or something makes the FSB redundant, so you normally use something else if the FSB is not contained in the bios. Watch out for RAM as well when you take the FSB up, you might need to underclock it, as it will multiply with your multiplyer in that ratio too.

What was your beef with asrock?

 

[gabriel g.]

asrock, didnt take uad cards.

ASrock cant handle the power of the cpu.

It´s good to play nice bloody games but when you go for real music pro. it sucks.

On my asrock board you dont have enough IRQs for all your slotts

uke:

 

[Ermz]

Make sure your RAM:FSB mhz ratio is 1:1 then slowly start taking your FSB up in increments.

It's important to get high quality RAM when overclocking. RAM that's been clocked higher than the stock speed of your CPU's FSB and warranted at around 2.1 or 2.2 volts (so you know it can take overclocking without getting fried).

So in my case... I have an E6600. The stock FSB is 266 * 9 which gives me 2.4ghz clock speed. My RAM has been rated at 400mhz, so, if all goes well, I can take my FSB up to 400 * 9 which gives 3.6ghz.

Keep in mind to do high overclocks like that, you will need to tamper with the voltages running both to the ram and the CPU. In other cases you may even need to change voltages running to the pciE slots, the northbridge etc. shit like that.

Should always do it from the BIOS. Best way to be safe is just go up incrementally and always test a new configuration using benchmark applications and stress testing tools.