Anyone using AMD laptop with Live?

Jos G · Post by **Jos G** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 5:26 pm

I've ordered an AMD 2800+ laptop, 526 RAM and 5400 rpm HD, because I really like my AMD desktop.

But this weekend I've read the Future Music feature about laptops and it said AMD laptops are new and it's unknown how they work with music.

Anyone having experiences with Live taking live with an AMD laptop. Because I wanna use it live. I'm a heavy user. Lot of tracks, mostly three send effects, some VSTi's and controller stuff.

My Pentium 800 is too slow for the job. I think it's the slow harddisk.

Sales Dude McBoob · Post by **Sales Dude McBoob** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 6:24 pm

I think that's what ole' Forge is using. Search his screen name and send him a PM, I'm sure he'll give you the whole story...

Goran@Irrupt · Post by **Goran@Irrupt** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 11:00 pm

i have that setup on my Acer aspire 1560 laptop. + i have Ati radeon 9600 graphic card in it (make sure you have external video card). everything works like a charm. i played a lot of live gigs with it, finished a couple of songs, i recently use it for recordings as well. don't worry, that's enough power to run Live.

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jahnlay · Post by **jahnlay** » Sun Aug 28, 2005 11:26 pm

No problem with my AMD Athlon 64 mobile processor, handles well.

The Revrend · Post by **The Revrend** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 12:04 am

I'm using Live iwth an almost identical setup. . . of course, I'm still teaching myself the software, coming over from Traktor Dj Studio. But it has worked well for that.

Rev

montrealbreaks · Post by **montrealbreaks** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 1:37 am

AMD Athlon 3000+
It's in a Compaq Presario R3240CA. Works fine for me. Generally, with Live 4 the AMD 64 chips were the top of the heap in the testing for price / performance ratio.

Jos G · Post by **Jos G** » Mon Aug 29, 2005 4:06 pm

Hi all,

Thanx for your replies. I feel much safer now.

forge · Post by **forge** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 12:41 am

I have a 2 year old athlon2200 lap - not 64 just normal 32

I actually went most bang for buck from an office superstore and it's been totally reliable - any problems I've had have been user inflicted really!

MrSleep · Post by **MrSleep** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 2:24 am

"Future Music feature about laptops and it said AMD laptops are new and it's unknown how they work with music."

thats what they use to say five years ago!
future music is living in the past.

zero01101 · Post by **zero01101** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:16 am

just got me an athlon 64 3200+ lappy.

runs live 4 lite like a bloody dreeeeeeeeam.

granted, im not huge proficient with it but what i do with it it does well

Gygaxian · Post by **Gygaxian** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 4:32 am

using an AMD 2.8 GHZ laptop, and have had absolutely no problems with it and Live.

Chris J · Post by **Chris J** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:50 am

I have a 3000+ HP laptop with internal soundcard.
Worked perfectly with Live 4, drop outs a gogo with live 5. Not using live 5 anymore until sorted.

Jos G · Post by **Jos G** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 8:58 am

MrSleep wrote:"Future Music feature about laptops and it said AMD laptops are new and it's unknown how they work with music."

thats what they use to say five years ago!
future music is living in the past.

Yeah, browsing the internet I discovered most articles and reports saying AMD laptop performance is unknown are from 2001-2002.

Thanx again for your reactions.

Cache · Post by **Cache** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 9:14 am

hey, i'm using an Athlon 64 4000 and its the fastest machine for Live 4 perf test. i don't like using 5 cos its not stable enough.

AMD processors are the fastest for Live. hands down.

actually i think i have the fastest Live rig available. 18% with Live 4 perf test

fastest fastest fastest.

and i got the skills...

dpel · Post by **dpel** » Tue Aug 30, 2005 7:06 pm

Cache wrote:hey, i'm using an Athlon 64 4000 and its the fastest machine for Live 4 perf test. i don't like using 5 cos its not stable enough.

AMD processors are the fastest for Live. hands down.

actually i think i have the fastest Live rig available. 18% with Live 4 perf test

fastest fastest fastest.

and i got the skills...

dude,
you're funny.