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I am successfully running Pulsar+Luna with software release 3.01 and Propack on a pretty old PC, a Pentium II / 300 MHz. Everything is running perfect except for the graphical user interface which is very slow, especially when moving big objects.

Example:
- Open the Channel window of the Pulsar mixer with the maximum of 24 channels
- Put another window on top of it (for example the main window whith the schematical view of all objects and connections)
- Now click on the border of the big Pulsar Mixer window (which is partly covered by the schematic window) and wait until it pops to the front. In my case this takes almost FOUR SECONDS !!

Question:
Can this be improved significantly by using an up to date PC? Or maybe there is something wrong with my software setup/installation?
I would be very interested to know how long others have to wait for the screen refresh as described in the example above.

thanks a lot for your comments!
Daniel

I can assure you a faster/better PC will cure that problem! Jumping between elements/devices/apps on my PC is instantaneous. You didn't say much about your system, maybe additional RAM or a better graphics board would help but I wouldn't sink too much more money into it.

I have the same problem here on my P3/500 with 384MB...
I´m thinking about an upgrade to a celeron 1300 on a TUSL2-C, this is the cheapest reliable solution, I guess (I could keep my PC100 Rams...)
I don´t want to go for a really powerful system by now, because there will be several innovations from AMD this year (0.13 micron, new "clawhammer" chipset end of year...) and also because I´m short on money at this time.
But: Are there any deeply opposing reviews about celeron with pulsar?

The new Celerons(tualeron hehe) FC-PGA2 (the ones with "A" in the name ie: 1.0A Ghz)are basically P3s running on 100mhz FSB and at .13micron with less voltage. They have 256k cache just like the P3s, too.

http://support.intel.com/support/proces ... on/poc.htm

The "A" in the name appears only for the 1.0 and the 1.1GHz as these are the only speeds for which both versions are available. 1.2 and 1.3 are both only available in the newer Version with 256 L2cache...

Subhuman, do you think I´m going a good way (from my point of view)?
I won´t need much realtime VST performance, just for handling some Audiotracks and a bit MIDI, but all sounds and most FX will be outboard gear or Pulsar.

Should be a great setup. I know tons of albums that were done on CUSL2/800mhz or so systems, you should do fine. I would for my own system go 1AGHz+TUSL2 and clock it to 1333mhz on a 133FSB using PC133, but then again, I haven't had PC100 RAM for over two years. If I already had the PC100 ram, your proposed setup would do well.

ok, it´s a 1200 Celeron now, but this doesn´t matter...
check the chipset-test topic in the Tech-Talk for result!

it's will speed up when creamware feel like support other video cards