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Dell Inspiron 8600

1) 29-31%
2) Dell Inspiron 8600 laptop
3) XP Pro SP1
4) Pentium-M 1.6Ghz
5) 1G RAM
6) M-Audio FireWire 410
7) 60G 7200RPM HD

1) Ableton Live CPU Meter % (if it bounces around, please list the peak)
2) Laptop/Desktop? Make/Model
3) Operating System
4) CPU Make Model and Speed
5) Amount of Ram / Speed of Ram (if you know)
6) Soundcard (Stock or add on?, usb/firewire/pci ?)
7) Hard Disk Drive Speed (if you know


1) 37%
2) Dell Dimension 8200
3) WinXP SP2
4) P4 2.26 Ghz
5) 512 RD RIMM / 800mhz
6) Egosys WaMiRack 24 PCI
7) Both @ 7200


my sister still has my notebook, i'll post the results from it once i get it back this or next week (dont slap me, she needed it a few weeks for her new job heh)

1) average 45, peaks at 47
2) Tsunami Runner
3) XP home SP2
4) Pentium4M - 1.8Ghz
5) 512Mb 266Mhz
6) Indigo i/o
7) 4200rpm 30Gb

nice beats btw!

pentajigga wrote:1) 36%
2) dell desktop
3) XP
4) P4 2.4ghz
5) 512MB 233 (i think)
6) RME HDSP 9652
7) 7200RPM

couldnt set no input. because RME ASIO does not have seperate section in live for input/output, only has RME ASIO or NO AUDIO. so latency was 11+11=22ms.

got a new machine, so here's an update (respect to adamjay for his help!)

1) 19-20%
2) shuttle xpc build
3) xp sp2
4) amd athlon 64 3500+
5) 1g ddr 400
6) rme hdsp9652
7) 7200 western digital ata

applause for pentajigga!!!,
looks like its time to change your sig mate!

done!!

1) 74-80%
2) Ti Powerbook
3) OS 10.3.5
4) G4 867
5) 512mb
6) Emagic 2/6 usb
7) 4200

plus meter graphics static, audio glitches. sh*t want a new imac G5!!!

Conrad

Here goes:

1) 36-39%
2) iMac G5
3) OS 10.3.5
4) G5 1.6
5) 1gig ram
6) maudio transit usb
7) 7200rpm

Lovely! Just got the iMac this morning. Blows the dors off my old iBook.

-Kevin

Made shuttle machine too.


1) 19-21%
2) shuttle xpc build
3) xp sp1
4) amd athlon 64 3500+
5) 1g ddr 400
6) rme hammerfall multiface
7) seagate 200GB SATA 8mb cache(system) , maxtor300GB 16mb cache(data)

fast & silent!

1) 22% (peak value, average 20%)
2) Laptop, Dell Latitude D600
3) Windows XP Professional SP2
4) Pentium M, 2 GHz (2MB L2 cache, 400Mhz FSB)
5) 1024 MB RAM (266 MHz DDR SDRAM [PC2100])
6) On-board SigmaTel Audio (AC97, using DX driver)
7) 5400 rpm (40 GB)

This is a very nice machine (above configuration at around $2500), but unfortunately not mine (performed the test while configuring it for a customer).

/sp0

1) 49% (peak value, average 45%)
2) Laptop, Compaq Evo N800c
3) Windows XP Professional SP2
4) Pentium 4 Mobile, 1.8 GHz (512kB L2 cache, 400Mhz FSB)
5) 1024 MB RAM (266 MHz DDR SDRAM [PC2100])
6) On-board SoundMAX Audio (using DX driver)
7) 7200 rpm (60 GB)

Been using it since 2002 (priced at around $4000 at the time). Upgraded recently to maximum memory (1024 MB) and a faster hard drive (original was 60GB, 5400 rpm).

/sp0

sp0bjogu wrote:1) 49% (peak value, average 45%)
2) Laptop, Compaq Evo N800c
3) Windows XP Professional SP2
4) Pentium 4 Mobile, 1.8 GHz (512kB L2 cache, 400Mhz FSB)
5) 1024 MB RAM (266 MHz DDR SDRAM [PC2100])
6) On-board SoundMAX Audio (using DX driver)
7) 7200 rpm (60 GB)

Been using it since 2002 (priced at around $4000 at the time). Upgraded recently to maximum memory (1024 MB) and a faster hard drive (original was 60GB, 5400 rpm).

/sp0

this seems a bit too high, mate. Have you crammed a lot of stuff in there? The specs are like my thinkpad, only mine is 1.5 ghz and peaks well below 30%...

Machinate wrote: this seems a bit too high, mate. Have you crammed a lot of stuff in there? The specs are like my thinkpad, only mine is 1.5 ghz and peaks well below 30%...

i reckon its because he has a Pentium 4 Mobile and you have a Pentium-M.
two very very different cpu's.

AdamJay wrote:

Machinate wrote: this seems a bit too high, mate. Have you crammed a lot of stuff in there? The specs are like my thinkpad, only mine is 1.5 ghz and peaks well below 30%...

i reckon its because he has a Pentium 4 Mobile and you have a Pentium-M.
two very very different cpu's.

AH :-/ My bad

qchapter wrote:Here goes:
Lovely! Just got the iMac this morning. Blows the dors off my old iBook.

-Kevin

How is the iMac going? I'm sorely tempted by one but I had my doubts about heat and noise. So is it cool and quiet?