What effect does a good graphics card have on ableton.
What effect does a good graphics card have on ableton.
hi, i have just order a new laptop, it will have the new,
GeForce® Go 7950GTX graphics modules from NVIDIA®.
My questions are: Does having a good graphics card effect the sound
quality being produced?
What are the advantages of having a good graphics card
when using Ableton, to produce and perform?
GeForce® Go 7950GTX graphics modules from NVIDIA®.
My questions are: Does having a good graphics card effect the sound
quality being produced?
What are the advantages of having a good graphics card
when using Ableton, to produce and perform?
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What kind of effect? Don't think it has any.
There might be practical advantages, like being able to run multiple screens, but the graphical demands of a DAW are very small.
There might be practical advantages, like being able to run multiple screens, but the graphical demands of a DAW are very small.
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Well, it might have an effect if you use this plugin. Otherwise, doesn't matter.
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How your graphics card can affect Live performance
When I got my 19" display. I bought a Radeon 7000 to drive it at 1280x1024. If I try to select smooth scrolling in Live (5.2) it can barely function. I've tried lots of changes to my system to fix this but basically the only thing I can do is use jump scrolling in Live.
I know that card is ancient history now but just be aware.
r.
I know that card is ancient history now but just be aware.
r.
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That would involve taking x86 code and translating it to run on a GPU (a completely different type of chip) which would be difficult to say the least. Also, there's the issue of moving stuff from the CPU to the GPU and then back again which current graphics cards aren't really designed to do, so I'm not sure it's really possible.abletoff wrote:which is quite a shame, given that's possibile to use Gpu power to process audio tasks as vst and similar. Imagine if Live 7 would take advantage of the gpu to power devices and racks...or even the main audio engine.
That being said, a GPU is apparently better suited to the sort of maths involved in audio DSP than a CPU (don't ask me why, that's just what I hear) and things like ProTools DSP cards and those PowerCores and UAD thingies actually use chips that are quite like standard GPUs so the theory makes sense - but what I doubt you're going to see is NVIDIA and ATI and Intel being involved in some sort of standard for this so grassroot developers can make plugins that run on the GPU. They aren't those kind of companies, sadly.
But besides the issue of GPU->CPU bandwidth, it's a good idea... and you're not the first to think of it either.
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i'm not sure audio on gpu is something we really want to wish for... i think i'd rather leave the gpu for vj processing, or at least dedicated to keeping my interface as smooth as possible. then again, i guess we all need more power at times...
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