On 2003-08-05 20:14, dArKr3zIn wrote:
I really don't think track count is going to be very helpful in this case as it is probably going to be more restricted by the 4200rpm hard disk and the CPU and RAM overhead of running Logic and SFP, before any kind of PCI limit kicks in.
On my Gateway Solo 9550, I could get 5 Masterverbs or 32 tracks @ 32bit/44.1kHz before getting PCI limit errors. In general use, I got around 2 verbs and about 20 tracks of audio. But in either scenario I could fill up all 21 DSPs with synths and whatnot, no problem.
In this case it was the PCI bandwidth needed by the ASIO drivers that produced overflow errors. And I'm pretty sure it's a 4200rpm drive. I don't think the 5400s were really out and about in PIII laptops.
Were it not for the fact that the laptop had this nasty habit of locking up the touchpad and keyboard and corrupting my .pro files I'd be using that instead of all this hunting about. I just know that if I send in the laptop to Gateway they wouldn't be able to recreate the problem, not send it back to me for a month and I'd still not have a working machine. And the thought of buying another refurbished model makes me queasy.
They took 7 months to send me the proper piece of RAM this past year. 7.
Dell is starting to join them in crappy service-dom, but if you buy a 'business machine' you get business support. You buy consumer stuff and it's some jackass with a flowchart answering your calls.
Tip to everyone... if you are planning on buying a computer from a Dell/Gateway-like company, tell them you are purchasing for your company, even if you have to make up a name for your faux-business. They'll send you to people who know what they're talking about. If you tell them you're buying for home/personal use they send you to the guys who just got fired from Best Buy (or the ones that got thrown in jail).
Sam