Cyan Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 I'm thinking of buying a new modercard and a new CPU. But I don't know which CPU. My budget is around $400 - 450... Is Dual Core worth the cash? My main gear is Cubase SX, reason (mostly in rewire mode), a bunch of softsynths, softsamplers, VST-effects + some line-in instruments. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverCoat Posted February 17, 2006 Share Posted February 17, 2006 Some say Hyperthreading messes with music software but I never had any problems. Well actually I do but they're not HT-related. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sgx Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 If your host supports multiple cores (I don't know if Cubase does yet or not), then dual core is the way to go. Otherwise it is a waste of a core. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverCoat Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Not really Rendering a .wav or an .mp3 DOES take half the time when Hyperthreading is turned on, whether the program is "optimized" or not. I tried this! I have a 3.2 GHz P4. I can say for certain that HT is pretty cool ;0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zircon Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Faster rendering time isn't quite worth $200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Compyfox Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Invest more in RAM rather than CPU power if you're going to use Romplers anyway (sample players like EWQL, etc). If you're using basicly synthesizers and hardware - your choice. But so far... 64bit doesn't work "yet", unless you use patched versions of XP64 and the soon released Windows Vista. That can use the new technologies without problems and how they were aimed at. Else it's only good for playing videogames. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OverCoat Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Faster rendering time isn't quite worth $200. HEY LOOK I'M ZIRCON I'M A WISEASS AND I LOVE IT Obviously HT applies to more than just rendering. but OH TWO HUNNED DALLAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zircon Posted February 18, 2006 Share Posted February 18, 2006 Faster rendering time isn't quite worth $200. HEY LOOK I'M ZIRCON I'M A WISEASS AND I LOVE IT Obviously HT applies to more than just rendering. but OH TWO HUNNED DALLAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Don't be a troll. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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