G5 DUal Questions switch from XP
I 7.1 HD on a XP computer and am intrested in a G5 Dual nad need questions answered.
My cards are PCI so I can't switch to Mac Pro at this time because of the cost of upgrading the HD cards to PCIe. I use Softsynths Sampletank, GVI, Sonic Synth, BFD, X-pand NI etc. which are RTAS. How is the G5 handeling multiple SoftSynths and how many instances. What proccessor speed of the G5 works best for RTAS? How many D-Verbs have you been able to instantiate? Please respond, I need help to make a good purchase |
Re: G5 DUal Questions switch from XP
there's another option .. people are starting to dump their PowerPC
based G5's as they adopt the Intel-based Macs. so, you can get an older one for pretty good deals. i recently switched from running HD-3 on a XP system to an older G5 (which i bought used). i don't have specific numbers on how many Dverbs can be instantiated .. but, if you're using TDM, the differences in CPU speeds is really not that big of a deal (imho). i can say that PT runs like a completely different program on a Mac than it does on XP ... much smoother and way more stable. my problem was that i put the cards in the Mac .. installed the software and the thing just worked .. i don't know how to act ;-) so far, i don't have any software that doesn't have a Mac equivalent .. for soft instruments, i don't use a lot of them per project .. but i've hosted up to ten without any problems. i hit the VM limitations of a 32bit process before the CPU got me. jeff |
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