Sonoma PCIe info?

[yoozer]

I keep reading about the Sonoma/PCIe problem and I am getting confused looking for a laptop. I know I need dedicated graphics as I currently run video simultaneously off the same machine, but I can't seem to tell which models are going to give me a problem. Right now I am looking at:

Compaq Presario V4000T (same as HP dv4000)
Intel(R) Pentium(R) M Processor 760 (2.0 GHz) (Sonoma, I think)
128MB ATI MOBILITY(TM) RADEON(R) X700

My impression is that this is not shared memory, but like I said it's getting confusing as to what PCIe problems actually are, is this more than a rumor at this point?

I need to run Live 5 with rewired Arkaos, and Presonus Firepod interface.

[err_fatale]

go for nvidia they are way better than ati.

look for Nvidia Geforce Go 6200, 6600, 6800
that's your best bet

[yoozer]

Anyone know about the PCIe - Sonoma issue?

[noou]

What problems do you mean? I read that Sonoma has problems with audio but I never read a comprehensive article about it: what will cause prolems?

[octex]

Actually sonoma doesn't have problems with audio.
Desktop motherboards with PCIe had problems with audio (especially nForce 4 based), that's why there was a lot of speculations when sonoma came out, that it will have the same problems, but as it turned out, it doesn't. I think I've read that intel changed the PCI controller or something... So it actually performs great for audio work.

[rikhyray]

Sonoma are actually the best thing ever happened to musicians, probably accidently it is the best for audio.
Anyway the one you mention is not Sonoma which end with 5 ( as far as I understand Intel numbering system), so "760" should be previous model.
the only problem are the ones with Intel integrated graphic ( that come in cheapest models of whatever brand) , never buy these for music or any serious use.

[noou]

I am sure that the ending 5 is not connected to Sonoma or previous chipsets: my CPU is a 745 Pentium-M and my chipset is the 855PM and I bought it six months before Sonoma came out.
It should be something like:
735 -> 1,7GHz
740 -> 1,73
750 -> 1,86
755 -> 2,0
760 -> 2,13

[MrYellow]

wtf is Sonoma?

Seems like a bad product name considering there is already heaps of stuff
(including towns) called that.

btw ATI is probably better then Nvidia now-a-days... Especially seeing that
you have the option of SLI'ing 2 cards together.

-Ben

[rikhyray]

It sounds like Sodoma, anyway i dont think these names are any worse then car names, specially form Korea

I am sure that the ending 5 is not connected to Sonoma or previous chipsets: my CPU is a 745 Pentium-M and my chipset is the 855PM and I bought it six months before Sonoma came out.
It should be something like:
735 -> 1,7GHz
740 -> 1,73
750 -> 1,86
755 -> 2,0
760 -> 2,13

I dont remember where I read that 5 thing, might be wrong, anyway here is what Intel says

Guidelines
The processor number is not a measurement of performance, nor is it the only factor to consider when selecting a processor.

The digits themselves have no inherent meaning, particularly when looking across processor families. For instance, 840 is not "better" than 640 simply because 8 is greater than 6.

Furthermore, linear increments between processor numbers may not indicate linear feature advancements. For example, the differences in processor features between an Intel® Pentium® M processor 760 and an Intel® Pentium® M processor 765 will not be the same as between an Intel® Pentium® M processor 765 and an Intel® Pentium® M processor 770, even though both pairs of processors are separated by an increment of five digits.

Processor numbers do not represent specific system configurations and do not replace system-level benchmarks.