MBP Macbook Pro 2011 i7 2.3

[Fantismo]

Hi there

I'm using ableton live and lots of processor intensive soft synths.. would i see a marked improvement with the 2.3 over the 2.2 i7 do you think?

[Khazul]

Its a little bit faster in posted perf test results - dig out the perf test thread and have a look through.
You gain a litle more than just CPU clock increase as it has a larger cache as well.

Have on here as my main production machine (replaced my 4Ghz i7 PC desktop for audio work) - very good machine.

[Breaks Dude]

Its a little bit faster in posted perf test results - dig out the perf test thread and have a look through.
You gain a litle more than just CPU clock increase as it has a larger cache as well.

Have on here as my main production machine (replaced my 4Ghz i7 PC desktop for audio work) - very good machine.

The new i7 Sandy Bridge MBPs are seriously capable machines. You might be hard pressed to find a better performer in a laptop, esp if you're crunching video.

True, though, a desktop very hard to beat. Mine is a Sandy Bridge i7 2600k 4.5ghz (OC'ed), 32 GB (OC'ed) desktop PC with an SSD and it just flies. I like the MBPs though but feel they would be a step down in perf, I know, apples and oranges...but I cannot say enough about this machine. Dead rock solid stable.

[Sibanger]

Its a little bit faster in posted perf test results - dig out the perf test thread and have a look through.
You gain a litle more than just CPU clock increase as it has a larger cache as well.

Have on here as my main production machine (replaced my 4Ghz i7 PC desktop for audio work) - very good machine.

The new i7 Sandy Bridge MBPs are seriously capable machines. You might be hard pressed to find a better performer in a laptop, esp if you're crunching video.

True, though, a desktop very hard to beat. Mine is a Sandy Bridge i7 2600k 4.5ghz (OC'ed), 32 GB (OC'ed) desktop PC with an SSD and it just flies. I like the MBPs though but feel they would be a step down in perf, I know, apples and oranges...but I cannot say enough about this machine. Dead rock solid stable.

Hi Breaks Dude. I see your Live 8 Test Performance hits 13%.
Is that on your OC'ed speeds, or have you OC'ed your machine since?
I thought with a machine as powerful as yours, you'd be getting under 10%

Nice machine 'Dude'

[Khazul]

13% with that rig? Make no sense - should be way better - maybe audio interface not very good, or has very high channel count?

My old 4Ghz first gen i7 (6G 1600Mhz memory) desktop PC managed 12%, my 2.3GHz 2011 MBP 17 manages 14% in both windows 7/64 and OSX, but in real use with most projects that Ive opened on both seems to be about the same as the PC at much higher loads.

Original test done I think with various NI audio interfaces (2DJ, 8DJ, 10DJ and AK1) and virus TI audio, however the results I get with the RME UFX over USB are nowhere near as good, I assume due to the much higher audio channel count.

Either way - MBP17 is a very good portable production machine and I still cant quite get used to being able to stick the essential core of my studio in a backpack when a few years ago it used to be mostly hardware based and take up most of a large room and need a decent size van and help to move

[Breaks Dude]

13% with that rig? Make no sense - should be way better - maybe audio interface not very good, or has very high channel count?

My old 4Ghz first gen i7 (6G 1600Mhz memory) desktop PC managed 12%, my 2.3GHz 2011 MBP 17 manages 14% in both windows 7/64 and OSX, but in real use with most projects that Ive opened on both seems to be about the same as the PC at much higher loads.

Original test done I think with various NI audio interfaces (2DJ, 8DJ, 10DJ and AK1) and virus TI audio, however the results I get with the RME UFX over USB are nowhere near as good, I assume due to the much higher audio channel count.

Either way - MBP17 is a very good portable production machine and I still cant quite get used to being able to stick the essential core of my studio in a backpack when a few years ago it used to be mostly hardware based and take up most of a large room and need a decent size van and help to move

Khazul we had this discussion before in the perf test thread. That was on a non OC SB i7 2600k w 16gb. If you may recall I think my six year old M-Audio FW410 is the bottleneck. I haven't run the test since then.

[Sibanger]

Khazul we had this discussion before in the perf test thread. That was on a non OC SB i7 2600k w 16gb. If you may recall I think my six year old M-Audio FW410 is the bottleneck. I haven't run the test since then.

Sorry Breaks Dude. It was me who asked bout your performance test on your lovely machine.
I'd be interested if you could post your current performance since you have O'C your pc.

Cheers

[Khazul]

Khazul we had this discussion before in the perf test thread. That was on a non OC SB i7 2600k w 16gb. If you may recall I think my six year old M-Audio FW410 is the bottleneck. I haven't run the test since then.

Ground hog day - Better memory than me

[Breaks Dude]

Khazul we had this discussion before in the perf test thread. That was on a non OC SB i7 2600k w 16gb. If you may recall I think my six year old M-Audio FW410 is the bottleneck. I haven't run the test since then.

Sorry Breaks Dude. It was me who asked bout your performance test on your lovely machine.
I'd be interested if you could post your current performance since you have O'C your pc.

Cheers

Be happy to. Will run the test again when I get a few minutes,

[Sibanger]

Be happy to. Will run the test again when I get a few minutes,

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter %: 8%

Thanks. You've got to be happy with that.