Re: [microsound] Re: max/msp for pc

[Terry Engelbrecht <evaluna@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I've been  looking out for comparisons - i'm planning on putting Reaktor on
a dedicated machine, with the most beefy processor I can find. For Reaktor
(_not_ necessarily anything else), a PC looks to be the best bet <Open
flame-proof umbrella>. For example, A G4/450 manages 33 voices on the 3-Osc
ensemble, while a PIII 700 manages 55 voices (both at 80% CPU usage, 44k
sampling rate). A G4/400 runs the 4Dex ens at 11% CPU usage, an Athlon 800
runs it at 6% (default voices & sampling rate). These figures come from
users & from the Zzounds.com website. So my plan is to get a 1.1Ghz Athlon,
dedicated to Reaktor. (Again, CPU optimisation for various software packages
may make a huge difference - this is _not_ a 'my computer is bigger than
your computer' post.)

>>
>>Yeah they 'look' fast.
>
>I read an interesting article recently about how Macintosh admitted they
had
>lost out in sales due to consumer perception of Intel winning the
>MHz/Processor
>"race". i.e. a lot of people are put off buying Macs due to the percieved
>difference between a 1GHz PC and a 500MHz, it almost sounded like
>Mac were about
>to change their processor design just to 'pump up the MHz'. (I think
>the article
>may have been on www.theregister.co.uk but I cant find it)


yeah..

www.macosrumors.com

also mentioned something about this... people still think a 1GHZ pc
is faster than a 500mhz G4 (which, in most cases, it's NOT)..
however, your general consumer is wowed by numbers.. they see a
bigger number, so they buy that machine... there is even a rumor (as
stated by Mac OS Rumors) that mac is abandoning the dual processor
scheme already, just to concentrate on higher Mhz single processor
machines... to "wow" people with a bigger number..

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~terry