Re: New Rig and still running out on cpu?? :C
Running the same mobo here with the i7 950 and it smokes, but I did take some fussing that you will likely need to go thru as well. Some things to look at are:
Check your BIOS and run the latest
Set RAM timings and voltages manually(AUTO will suck)
Disable everything you don't need(that means no RAID)
Do all the system tweaks that Avid mentions
Set PT to always Run as Admin, with themes and desktop composition off
Turn OFF speed step
Maybe roll back to 9 or 9.0.3(9.0.6 gave worse performance here)
Run the Dverb2 test(page 1 of the i7 thread). Your rig, when setup right, should turn in a good 500 Dverbs at 1024. If its less than 400, you still have issues to sort out.
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