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Originally Posted by John_Toolbox
Seriously for once though, the big difference between i7-900 series and i7-800 is the triple channel vs dual channel memory. My experience, and the reports from the nerd websites suggest that you aren't going to be able to notice the performance difference of triple channel, but it's a significant point that x58 motherboards typically have 6 ram slots(2 banks of 3) while the dual channel boards that accomodate i7-800 series only have 4(2 banks of 2). This is, if you have the money, a potential for 24GB of RAM vs. 16GB RAM. If you aren't into VI's, carry on. But for building a slave PC for VI's, X58/i7-900 series is the way to go.
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oh i agree the i7 9xx would be the way to go if you got the dough. And while 24 GB's of ram is not really an issue at this point in Pro Tools since its just a 32 bit app and can only access 4GB max in a 64 bit OS, this may come in to play for LARGE projects down the road when PT is 64 bit. Or if you are using Rewire.
Although i dont know anyone who has needed 16GB's of ram for a session, I image you would run out or processing power before you hit 16GB's used. If you know someone that needs 16GB's of Ram for Pro Tools, id love to see a snapshot of that session.
Id like Avid to comment about the integrated video processor on some of the I series chips. Even though it is integrated on the CPU, it is said to be a separate process.... so would that be "approved" as a dedicated video processor?