Intel Pentium D 920 / 2800MHz still okay to run SONAR X2?

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2013/03/24 02:58:47 (permalink)

Intel Pentium D 920 / 2800MHz still okay to run SONAR X2?

 Hi, i would like to know if my Pentium D 920 / 2800 MHz (2GB Ram)is still okay to run SONAR X2 on a Windows 7 Platform? thx in advance.
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    Re:Intel Pentium D 920 / 2800MHz still okay to run SONAR X2? 2013/03/24 03:32:08 (permalink)
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    Re:Intel Pentium D 920 / 2800MHz still okay to run SONAR X2? 2013/03/24 11:52:20 (permalink)
    I'd say it marginal at best. 2GB is not enough to do very much. So yes it will work, but not very well. 

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    Re:Intel Pentium D 920 / 2800MHz still okay to run SONAR X2? 2013/03/24 15:51:36 (permalink)
    I think Windows 7 will present a bigger problem than SONAR X2! There's not much left of your 2 gigs when W7 is running. The program itself doesn't seem to have gotten much more resource demanding over the last several versions, so assuming you're not expecting to run lots of CPU-hungry plugins and big sample libraries, you might be fine!





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    Re:Intel Pentium D 920 / 2800MHz still okay to run SONAR X2? 2013/03/24 16:35:45 (permalink)
    thanks a lot guys, you've helped me out. I will probably upgrade my RAM to 4GB and give the whole thing a shot.
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    Re:Intel Pentium D 920 / 2800MHz still okay to run SONAR X2? 2013/03/24 16:46:06 (permalink)
    Minimum system requirements
    Windows 7 or Windows 8 (32 and 64-bit). XP and Vista are no longer officially supported. Future updates will not be compatible or install on XP and Vista as they are no longer officially supported. Intel Core 2 Duo E8200 2.67 GHz / AMD Phenom Quad Core 9750 2.4 Ghz or higher 2GB of RAM 1280x800 minimum screen resolution 4.5GB for minimal install, 20GB recommended
    http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Core2+Duo+E8200+%40+2.66GHz core 2 minimum benchmark

    http://www.cpubenchmark.net/cpu.php?cpu=Intel+Pentium+D+2.80GHz&id=1126  pentium d @2.8 benchmark



    i'd be careful because if you have any probs and need to get in touch with tech support they may pull the old "your system doesn't meet our minimum standards, so we can't help you" routine

     
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    Re:Intel Pentium D 920 / 2800MHz still okay to run SONAR X2? 2013/03/24 16:51:26 (permalink)
     Thank you, i will consider it! I'd never have thought of this.

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    Re:Intel Pentium D 920 / 2800MHz still okay to run SONAR X2? 2013/03/24 17:41:02 (permalink)

    I will probably upgrade my RAM to 4GB and give the whole thing a shot.



    I don't think I would invest any more in that computer. For one thing it probably takes DDR or DDR2 RAM which is more expensive than DDR3 and if you decided later to upgrade to a newer computer, the DDR or DDR2 memory would be useless. 

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    Re:Intel Pentium D 920 / 2800MHz still okay to run SONAR X2? 2013/03/24 19:27:07 (permalink)
     Well, i wouldn't have to buy the RAM anyways, since i get it from someone for free.. but the upgrade from win xp to win 7 would cost 30€ or so. On the other hand a new computer would cost me waay more.. but it would be worth it of course. At the moment I'm still running SONAR LE, which kinda works for me - but it's simply too inefficient in it's workflow and stuff. Yeah - sooner or later it will be SONAR X2 i guess. Anyway - thanks for the kind advice, it really helps.

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    Re:Intel Pentium D 920 / 2800MHz still okay to run SONAR X2? 2013/03/25 14:11:06 (permalink)
    If you can get RAM for free, load that machine up with as much as will fit. After all, Alan Parsons did tell us that "RAM is everything!" :)


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    Re:Intel Pentium D 920 / 2800MHz still okay to run SONAR X2? 2013/03/25 21:16:05 (permalink)
    yes


     
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