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Old 02-08-2010, 01:13 PM
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I heard that running 7 cores can run protools more smoothly then using 8. Anyone confirm this? Also bring me to my next question. When I go to playback engine my only option is 8 cores... How do i change to 7?
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Old 02-08-2010, 01:16 PM
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I heard that running 7 cores can run protools more smoothly then using 8. Anyone confirm this? Also bring me to my next question. When I go to playback engine my only option is 8 cores... How do i change to 7?
Can you click the drop down there to reveal the other 7 cores?
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Old 02-08-2010, 01:28 PM
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I heard that running 7 cores can run protools more smoothly then using 8. Anyone confirm this?
Yes.

When you set your processing engine to one less than the total number of cores available, you're effectively keeping one core asside to run everything else (ie, the OS) - which can reduce the chance of various errors popping up.


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Old 02-08-2010, 01:46 PM
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Yes I can click that but 1 through 7 are greyed out
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Yes I can click that but 1 through 7 are greyed out
that's wierd.....

Could be related to a BIOS setting.
Not sure.


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What version of tools are you running? Support for selecting multiple cores on Hyperthreaded processors like the core i7 was not included till 7.4 CS10 and I think 8 CS3.
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thx rcorn that is why. I'm 7.4 something but i have not updated in a long time. Getting 8 soon... as soon as win7 64 is good to go.
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