10 Jun
2003
10 Jun
'03
4:44 a.m.
On Tue, Jun 10, 2003 at 03:19:32PM +1000, Allan Klinbail wrote:
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 11:45, Peter Groves wrote:
Agreed, but making SMP machines quiet is a real challenge.
I'm planning on building a new machine and
would like some advice. Right
now I think the main application of it's "power" will be in
recording/mixing in linux. People have been saying that a dual processor
is something to consider,
Worth it if you can afford the $$ it means that while doing heavy audio
processing your X windows will run cleaner and resources can be
designated across the processors. Audio is heavy on floating point calculation, yet
I've also seen reports
that the newer AMD's may actually be better on the FPU stuff, of course
that is all hearsay.
Athlons (except the very high end ones which are overpriced) from XP
onwards have faster float mangling per $ than PIV's.
I personally prefer the current Intel chips because
they run at a cooler
temperature so the fans required are less noisy... this was a big factor
in selecting my current PC The less background noise in an audio
environment the better, and even with a P4 I'm still looking at ways of
making a quieter case. . :))))
Yes, I think if I was building a machine today, I'd go for PIV for this
reason, at the time I bought an Athlon XP cos I needed to get as much FPU
performace for my $ as I could. I think some of the slower PIVs can be
passively cooled, with extreme heatsinks.
- Steve