What RAM did you use? Your link didn't work. Are you still happy with this MB? In other words, is it stable now that you fixed the bad IDE cable problem? They just came out with the Master2-Far7 version, and that looks interesting to me. It will support the dual core opterons. I haven't seen any reviews yet.

ORIGINAL: underblu

X2 3800 overclocked @2700GHZ N4 SLI MB 7800GTX video card 2GB of DDR

S3 Test in S5

16 ms = 12%
10 ms = 17%
5 ms = 22%
2 ms = 38%

Impressive...

Any numbers without overclocking.....

Regards,

ORIGINAL: underblu

With the X3800 running @2.4GHZ I's say my usage increased about 15%.

I haven't run my chip at stock since I bought it but maybe I'll try it it just for a reference point.

Another point, even though I haven't had any problems opening projects a 2.7GHZ, this overclock with 1.5 volts has not proved prime95 stable, therefore I would be hesitant to use it for a serious project. However, 2.4GHZ works with a minimal voltage increase over stock ans is 100% Prime95 stable.

Just so you know Prime95 and SuperPi are tools that let you test the stability of your overclock. They stress the CPU, memory, cache etc. so you can determine if you have any instabilities.

Great info.



Regards,

Bought a new PC from www.cube247.com...PC cost just over £1000 for this  
spec!

AMD Athlon 64 X2 4400
ATI Radeon xpress 200
Windows XPSP2
2Gig RAM
M-Audio 1010LT (WDM driver)
2x250Gb Baracuda drives (SATA)
Quiet PSU

Results are really impressive :-)

46.4ms 10%
23.2ms 15%
11.6ms 21%
5.8ms 26%
2.9ms 37%
1.5ms 55%

Hi Dorism

Your S3 Test results for your X2 4400 are *great* BUT I suspect they could easily be quite a bit better.

Can you advise what memory timings you are using - the settings will be in the BIOS or you can download a great little FREE Windows program called CPUz from here www.cpuid.com/download/cpu-z-131.zip which will tell you what they are.

I suspect that as you are using 2 GB [ presumably 2 x 1GB of DDR ] the timings will be very "loose".

"Loose" memory timings in an A64 system do have a *major* effect on CPU efficiency readings in Sonar using the S3 Test file.

Can you advise what they are ?

Tim

As you can see, at the lower latency settings - which is where you ideally want to be - from 5.8ms and down, the difference, just from memory timings *alone* , are huge.

Please explain memory timings. Is this an adjustment, or some kind of memory device?

ORIGINAL: timboe


As you can see, at the lower latency settings - which is where you ideally want to be - from 5.8ms and down, the difference, just from memory timings *alone* , are huge.

Thats why low latecny memory is *really* important for any DAW.

Tim

Does the Kingston or Samsung brand have low latency memory?

i might be trippin, but i dont see any dual core systems that have been tested. I would like to see some results of a good amd x2 setup. let me know if I am wrong and apologies in advance if i am :)

, Pony Boy

ORIGINAL: Lanceindastudio

i might be trippin, but i dont see any dual core systems that have been tested. I would like to see some results of a good amd x2 setup. let me know if I am wrong and apologies in advance if i am :)

, Pony Boy

Post 631 is a dual core result......there are others within the last 10 post or so (plus or minus 631)


Regards,

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Windows xp home sp2 - Sonar 5.0.1 - Motu 2408 mk3 (wdm) - Yamaha 02R (adat+tdif)
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46.4 : 27%
23.2 : 29%
11.6 : 33%
5.8 : 40%
2.9 : 53%
1.5 : 75%
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Studio LuxMundus
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hi, i,m a composer from egypt i wish to make sonar the first host in the middle east and asian countries
so our dreams in the next update is...
1-warp time(stretching the tempo grid manually from any point to follow audio or midi events with the ability to snap to the nearest event).

2-draw tool(to draw audio events such as in soundforge,wavelab,cubase and many more

3-the loop construction view(for each slice enable gate,fade,quantize,snap,layring(to make copy,paste,replace,move and remove time or slice)).

4-multi channel loop synth.(can read the acidized files direct from sonar (not only the external rex files) and the ability to export the midi grooves to sonar midi tracks,and also the ability to copy, paste each key to the empty keys to add filters and amp. works for each key, e.g(attack,decay,pan,volume,pitch),and finally the ability to make effect inserts and sends for each channel with the automation.

hint some people prefare to work direct with loops while the others prefare to work with loops modules

5-micro tuner (a midi effect with many presets from the hole world to work with the modules have that abbility like steinberg modules (halion,hypersonic and many more)and try to make the others abble that.

6-general midi arranger(comes as one complex midi effect with many complet styles(intro,variations,fills and end) from the hole world, and the ability to make our styles from midi patterns or real time midi recording.
this arranger comes with a separate drums and instrument sections channels can be activated,linked or not.
this arranger should follow midi events in a midi track and the real time midi recordings with a lift hand changing
style variations by midi keyboard keys,and the ability to hear the styles at stop mode.

7-some effects like vocoders have a midi output,some other hosts reads that automatically,but sonar vst adapter make that manually by enabling as dxi.

8-some vst modules and effects still make errors with the vst adapter and can,t read.

9-some vst modules (like groove agent,broomastick bass ) have input to midi tracks to make the track records their patterns,some other hosts reads that but sonar doesn,t.....!

10-the automation envelops doesn,t appear in the output audio track of a module if we open that module from the synth rack but when we open the module from an audio track insert ,the automations appears.why...?

11-real time audio input bus(to make sonar the best multitrack i have ever seen).

12-the event inspector if we changed the value of some event and if we add anoter events and pounce the midi clips the added events can,t take the same value unless when giving new value and return to the last.

thanks for your patient
mostafa alswefi
composer,computer and sound engineer
EGYPT-CAIRO
MOPILE\0020101866430
www.alswefi_composer2006@yahoo.com

Here is my updated system, as you can see I need some more RAM :)
Windows XP Home
Sonar 5.01
ASROCK 939 SATAII MB (BIOS 1.4)
Opteron 165 (standard, not overclocked)
Kingston HyperX PC3200 DDR400 RAM - 512MB (two sticks)
Echo Mia Sound Card
Matrox P650
IBM-DTLA-307030 30GB Drive (Audio Boot)
Seagate Barracuda - ST3160023AS SATA 160GB (Adio Drive)

The CPU meter in Sonar may be useless for Dual Cores as I notice that it seems to read the sum of the two cores ie. Core 0: 5% Core 1: 89% = 94% on Sonar CPU meter.

WDM
1.5 90%
2.9 64%
4.4 54%
5.8 48%
7.3 45%
8.7 42-71% ???
10.7 41-70% ???
... I get what I would erratic readings on all of the lower settings. It is sort of a moot point as it appears that I can comfortably camp on 2.9.


AXE

This 'new updated Sonar Test is for Sonar 3! I realize it was posted a while back, so...

Is there such a test available for Sonar 5 Producer edition? I would love to have a benchmark...

dd

Hey all - I subbed this in another thread...here are my results. I have compiled from two systems, actually - both identical except for CPU and Sound Card. Everything else is the Same

- Asus P5P800 SE
- Zalman 7000A AlCu Sink - adapted for 775 chip
- Antec P180 case for cool and quiet performance
- Antec TruePower 430
- 2 x 1Gb DDR2 = 2Gb Total
- system is fully stable and temperature stead (at idle, about 41 deg C, pushed at about 65 deg C)

The chart shows the hardware diffs for System 1 and System 2

{edit: forgot to mention these are for Sonar 5.0.1 with MS dual core fixes and whatnot}

I hope these results are interesting.

Just purchased a Toshiba Satellite Laptop 1.8 Mobile Celeron w/1Gig ram, 5200rpm 100gig hard drive, using the internal RealTek AC97 audio (with a ASIO4ALL driver).

Sonar Home Studio (4)

46.4msec............11% (asio buffer size 2048 samples)
37.7msec............12% (1664 samples)
29.0msec............12% (1280 samples)
20.3msec............14% (896 samples)
11.6msec............17% (512 samples)
4.4msec..............31% (192 samples)
2.9msec..............40% (128 samples)
1.5ms.................bounces 35%-52%-73% (64 samples)

Oh, and this was on battery power.

*Note, upon loading the sonar file in the first post, I got a few errors stating it could not find some of the plugins. Anyone care to make an updated version of this test file for the current SONAR products??