Very Impressed with Sonar's core loading

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2012/11/09 21:53:34 (permalink)

Very Impressed with Sonar's core loading

I've recently upgraded to an 8-core CPU from a 6-core CPU and have been playing with a bunch of multi-threaded applications while monitoring core utilisation.
 
To date, Sonar has the most even core loading of any other multi-threaded app I have tried, including another DAW and video editing apps.
 
From modest projects up to multi-track monsters with huge numbers of FX, Task Manager shows incredibly even core loading.  Very nice to see :)
 
Sonar X2 64-bit
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    Re:Very Impressed with Sonar's core loading 2012/11/09 22:15:20 (permalink)
    The OS plays a part in this. Which one?

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    Re:Very Impressed with Sonar's core loading 2012/11/09 22:47:13 (permalink)
    Windows 7, but with the MS hotfixes for the AMD Bulldozer/Piledriver CPUs. Before those hotfixes, I could only get 4 of the 8 cores working.

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