30 Oct
2014
30 Oct
'14
11:43 p.m.
On Wed, 22 Oct 2014 14:30:21 -0700 (PDT)
Len Ovens <len(a)ovenwerks.net> wrote:
I seem to be able to stress the cpu, use the desktop,
and run jack at
16/2 for hours on end with no xruns at all. Then load an app that
uses jack and see xruns only while loading or exiting. sure, I don't
do much synth work, more effects at that latency, but even still, I
have been very impressed with just the low latency kernel. (i5 at
3.4G BTW) I think too, there are more switches in the kernel that can
be un/set to make it more RT than the average lowlatency version.
Well in the end that is all that counts. I'm happy it works well for
you.
I have not done that much system tuning either. I did
choose the i5
on purpose for no HT, chose to use a pci AI and which slot it should
be in. No wifi, performance mode. Mouse and kb are not USB (in fact
no USB use at all, now that I think about it) Video is Intel based.
I mainly use an i7, I did however disable HT :) I did not see many
xruns caused by it in my testing, but they were occasionally there.
The cost was noticably longer build times for wine and the kernel :)
--
Joakim