Yes, the test is entirely based on real time input monitoring.

Hi all !

Some initial results with my new DAW - specs are:-

- 3200+ .09 Winchester CPU - actual stock speed of 10 x 200 = 2000mhz
- Corsair 2 x 512 XL DDR set to 2/2/2/5
- Asus A8V DLX Rev 2.0 Board
- ASIO driver
- Delta .48a Drivers for a Delta 66
- HTT 1000mhz
- Command 2T - Disabled - 1T
- all other BIOS settings set to Default / AUTO


46.4ms - %27
23.2ms - %29
11.6ms - %32 <-> %33
5.8ms - %39 <-> %40
2.9ms - %53 <-> %55
1.5ms - %79 <-> %81

As I tweak and O/C, I will update

Thx,
Tim

New DAW:

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ 1MB L2 Cache Clawhammer Core
MSI K8N Neo Platinum 754 Socket nForce3 250GB Chipset
1024 400DDR OCZ EL Platinum Revision 2 Dual Channel
WinXP Professional SP2 with Sonar 4.0.1PE entered as DEP exception
Jaton nVIDIA GeForce MX4000 Video Card, 128MB DDR, Dual VGA
80gb Seagate ATA-100 7200rpm OS/pgm drive (Partitioned 40/40)
160gb Seagate SATA 7200rpm audio drive
Plextor PlexWriter Premium 52x32x52 CDRW
Antec Sonata case 380W Silent Technology power supply and cooling
2 16 Channel Zaolla analog cables in and out of converters
2 16 Channel Apogee AES/EBU cables in and out of DAW
1 Lynx AES16 digital interface w/ AD-16/DA-16 Apogee converters
1 RME Digiface PCI digital interface for ADAT optical transfers
2 UAD-1 powered DSP PCI cards v3.7
1 MOTU MIDI Express XT (USB interface)
1 Mackie Control Universal
2 Mackie Control Extenders

Results:

44.6 = 31%
23.2 = 55%
11.6 = 60%
5.8 = 72%
2.9 = 90%
1.5 = Won't engage

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OS tuned with http://www.musicxp.net/tuning_tips.php
No audio cards are sharing any IRQ
Tried many of the BIOS tweaks mentioned by others using this MOBO

Seems like I should be able to achieve better results.

Any suggestions?

Thanks Jeff,

No problem there:



Power management is set for "Always On" for both monitor and hard drives.

There are no device errors. Everything looks perfect.

Just seems like others are getting better results with similar systems.

Thanks again for the reply.

Two Things....

1) Is the link at the to beginning of this thread the newest test, even though it says Sonar3test?

2) For Scott ...you have worked with Duncan Sheik?

10 ms -> 66-67%
8ms -> 77 -79% , computer almost crashed.. and RED signal in the CPU meter

49.9ms--> 41-43%


Configuration :
Intel Celeron 2.8Ghz
80 Gig HDD
512 MB Ram
E-mu 0404 Sound Card, ASIO

1) Is the link at the to beginning of this thread the newest test, even though it says Sonar3test?

Yes.

2) For Scott ...you have worked with Duncan Sheik?

I am acquainted with him through a friend of mine who went to school with Duncan's bass player. The audio sample you likely heard is from a live 24-track recording i did of him in Modesto, CA.

-S

ORIGINAL: tarsier

ORIGINAL: SteveD

New DAW:
...
WinXP Professional SP2 with Sonar 4.0.1PE entered as DEP exception
...
OS tuned with http://www.musicxp.net/tuning_tips.php
No audio cards are sharing any IRQ
Tried many of the BIOS tweaks mentioned by others using this MOBO

Seems like I should be able to achieve better results.

Any suggestions?

I don't suppose you could just do a simple XP SP1 install with no tweaks and try it? Just a WAG.

Thought of that, but it's a new WinXP Pro install. They all come with SP2 now. I didn't see a way to prevent SP2 from getting installed.

Scott, Is there a way to do this?

Thought of that, but it's a new WinXP Pro install. They all come with SP2 now. I didn't see a way to prevent SP2 from getting installed.

Scott, Is there a way to do this?

There should be no reason to do this with Sonar4. It should be fully compliant and it should not need to be excepted. DEP is a good thing... so unless you are having an issue that can't be worked around, let DEP do its thing.

-S

ORIGINAL: Scott Reams

Read Sonar's CPU meter at the lower right corner.

-S

I do not see that cpu meter, or the disk meter they talk about either. I see help on the left sid, mouse position in the middle, then audio running then mute (in yellow) two blank boxes, then 44.1khz 16bit, and disk space. How do I bring the cpu meter up?

Also I downloaded the test (a cwp file). Sonar siad no audio was with the file and asked to create it. I said yes and sonar brought it in but nothing plays when I hit play. It runs for about a 1/2 sec then stops. It does not say dropout in red at the bottom.

hope I and try this...lol

jam

ORIGINAL: SteveD

New DAW:

AMD Athlon 64 3700+ 1MB L2 Cache Clawhammer Core
MSI K8N Neo Platinum 754 Socket nForce3 250GB Chipset
1024 400DDR OCZ EL Platinum Revision 2 Dual Channel
WinXP Professional SP2 with Sonar 4.0.1PE entered as DEP exception
Jaton nVIDIA GeForce MX4000 Video Card, 128MB DDR, Dual VGA
80gb Seagate ATA-100 7200rpm OS/pgm drive (Partitioned 40/40)
160gb Seagate SATA 7200rpm audio drive
Plextor PlexWriter Premium 52x32x52 CDRW
Antec Sonata case 380W Silent Technology power supply and cooling
2 16 Channel Zaolla analog cables in and out of converters
2 16 Channel Apogee AES/EBU cables in and out of DAW
1 Lynx AES16 digital interface w/ AD-16/DA-16 Apogee converters
1 RME Digiface PCI digital interface for ADAT optical transfers
2 UAD-1 powered DSP PCI cards v3.7
1 MOTU MIDI Express XT (USB interface)
1 Mackie Control Universal
2 Mackie Control Extenders

Results:

44.6 = 31%
23.2 = 55%
11.6 = 60%
5.8 = 72%
2.9 = 90%
1.5 = Won't engage

---

OS tuned with http://www.musicxp.net/tuning_tips.php
No audio cards are sharing any IRQ
Tried many of the BIOS tweaks mentioned by others using this MOBO

Seems like I should be able to achieve better results.

Any suggestions?

It seems to me that your machine isn't working up to it's potential as a matter of fact my AMD64 3000+, according to this test puts up much better numbers. Your results are a disappointment to me because I was looking at the 3700+ as an upgrade option for my 754 setup. Please post if you should unravel what is wrong with your setup.

Best Of Luck
Poni

Steve when I first got my system going my memory would run at 2 x 166 instead of 2 x200 until I did some tweaking of my memory settings in the CMOS setup. There is a small utility at http://www.cpuid.com/ called CPU-Z that may give you some clues at what may be going wrong.

Good Luck
Poni

WireRage... Thanks for the pic. Yep that is where I am looking and my screen stops at the disk space {E} xxxxMB

I don't see the disk space 60% or the cpu and disk meters to the right of that. I tried changeing the full screen to window screen and expanding the window but it won't expand any larger. I have the X close program at the top right so I think I am as far right as I can go.

What about the test not playing and saying no audio do you want to create it?

thanks

jam

Sounds like Scott has hit the nail on the head but as far as the create file that is normal for it to ask you that.

Back on topic here are my results.

P4 533 FSB
FIC VCE319 MB
2 x 512 333Mhz RAM
SATA 10K RPM HD
AGP NVIDIA GeoForce2/ Mx400
PCI NVIDIA RIVA TNT 64
Terra Tec EWS88D-ASIO
WIN XP SP2
S4 PE

2.9ms-75%
4.5ms-58%
5.8ms-50%
7.6ms-45%
11.6ms-38%

ORIGINAL: Scott Reams

WireRage... Thanks for the pic. Yep that is where I am looking and my screen stops at the disk space {E} xxxxMB

It sounds to me like maybe you are running Sonar at a resolution lower than is indicated by the system requirements. Make sure your Windows resolution is at least 1024x768, and that Sonar i running fullscreen. You may also need to turn off Large Fonts.

-S

Very odd... I am running at 1024x768 and normal fonts and full screen. I thought that might be it too but did not know if 1024x768 was good or not. I guess it is....hmmm

any more suggestions?

jam

also I missed/don't see the post about why the test file wont play and asks to creat audio?