PT 5.1 & 9600/350 & 9500/200

[Eric Lambert]

I have a 9600/350 (300+ meg RAM) & a 9500/200 (200 meg RAM), both running OS 8.6 & PT 5.01 flawlessly. Now with the addition of OS 9.04 (or 9.1?) will I have the horsepower to keep up with the heftier operating system as well as PT 5.1? I have heard some concern on other forums about 5.1 w/ 9600's or 9500's. Anyone here have some knowledge about this...??? Digi...???

[Eric Lambert]

Hmmm...

[houser]

Hey,

i was wondering about this too...
so check out the new compato docs:
Quote/unquote:
Power Macintosh 9500 & 9600 - Pro Tools|24 Requirements

Power Macintosh 9600 Processors 200 MHz or higher speed supported, excluding Multiprocessor (MP) version

Power Macintosh 9500 Processors of all speeds supported, excluding Multiprocessor (MP) version

Mac OS 9.0, 9.0.2, 9.0.4 required

[Jan Folkson]

The 9600 works fine with 9.04 and PT 5.1, even on large sessions running 2 monitors. I'm running a G3/366 processor upgrade though. The biggest downside would be limited use of RTAS plugs. I have no experience with the 9500 though.

- Jan

[shadowbox]

People seem to be saying both. Digi says the 9600 is compatible. I have run Mac OS 9.04 on my 9600 with 5.01 for months with no problems. I am assuming 5.1 will be okay too.

E-an, who do you know that is having problems running 5.1 on a 9600?

[E-an]

Not really read of people having trouble - just lots of murmerings about people wanting to upgrade because of worries over performance. I guess its early days with 5.1 anyway... just wanting to see what people are up 2 as Im trying to figure out where to head with all this before we upgrade

Cheers anyway,
E

[Bryan]

Eric,

Do the G4, baby! They are snappity-cool-fast.

One of our guys here just got a 400mhz G4 for 1200. Yikes! (No model pun intended, it's a sawtooth).

Bryan

[Kurtstudio]

I'm told that 9600 will work fine with 5.1 but I have been worned that 5.1 is a DAE hog, espically with the multiple outputs. At some point if you are going to run PT midi you will work your bus system very hard and un upgread on the computer will be necessary, remember the Farm cards do the work not not the computer with the exception of the bus speed. I have a 9600/300 with the Newer g-3 500/250 and it has run fine for 1 year. But as I add midi tracks above 20 tracks I notice a slow moniter re-draw but I have had up to 40 audio and 20 midi tracks running with 2 moniters, 9.04 OS and 510 60 nz Ram, Mix,plus,plus

[Eric Lambert]

Thanks for the responses. It looks like no one is even touching the 9500. OK, that one's out. As for the 9600... maybe now IS the time. I just bought a dual 450 for myself and can attest that it truly is "snappity-cool-fast" (thanks for the usual verbal roman-candle Bryan. You're a lexicographical James Bond). Gotta go!

[themaskedman]

the 9600 will probably work ok with smaller sessions, but what about the bigger sessions with a lot of edits. forget about running anything along with it that uses the host processor, like "Unity"
a faster system bus, multiple processors, a stealth serial port (for midi) and a lot of ram seems the only way to compete.

OS x "Lynx" ... etc.

have i skipped anything ???

anyone ???

[This message has been edited by themaskedman (edited February 15, 2001).]

[This message has been edited by themaskedman (edited February 15, 2001).]