More hot quad action!
impressions after the first couple of
days
I've spent most of the weekend installing my
software, so I haven't been working on a new album or DVD project yet to talk
about the performance in that respect. I did have to run my own personal
benchmark though, heavy-duty Reaktor ensembles. If you are unfamiliar with
Reaktor, it is a visual programming tool for creating modular software
sythesizers. On my 12" G4 867 MHz laptop, I can't run the Heiddegger or
Leviathan3 ensembles from the Reaktor user library at all. Firstly, they don't
even fit on the screen. Secondly, even throttled down to the lowest sample
rates, they immediately max out my CPU. I can happily report that at 44 Khz and
the highest quality settings, Leviathan barely makes my CPUs notice its
existence at a paltry 12% CPU usage. Heiddegger maxes out around 28% but seems
to be constantly spinning between 20%-28% (I don't know if Reaktor knows how to
measure 4 CPUs). Both ensembles show OS X thread scheduling is well done,
Activity Monitor shows that Reaktor's 7 threads are spread pretty evenly across
the CPUs.
My only real complaint so far
is with the Mighty Mouse which has already begun to squeak when I click. This is
destined to be immediately replaced by something less annoying. Sorry Apple
mouse guys...
Posted: Mon - November 21, 2005 at 08:18 AM
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