Q for i7 Quad Users

[Aussie169]

Guys

Just wondering how many simultaneous tracks you can record at 64 or 128 buffer?

The main reason I upgraded was to hopefully track a full band at low buffer sizes, and hopefully run a couple of VIs and verbs at the same time.
But I'm only able to do a couple of tracks.

What should I reasonably be expecting to get?

[macr0w]

You must have other problems.

I do that all the time with my old AMD single core 3500 at a 64 buffer.

[Aussie169]

Thanks for the confirmation.

I'll do a Sandra report tonight and post back tomorrow.

[albee1952]

All the info you want is right here:
http://duc.digidesign.com/showthread.php?t=238426

[Aussie169]

Yeah, I know. But I need specific help. I can build a computer and get it running, but half the technical language in that thread goes over my head.

My system is very simillar to yours Albee.
Gigabyte GA-EX58-UD3R, Intel i7 920, 6 gig Corsair 1333 DDR3 (triple channel kit). Don't recall exactly what the video card is.
Can you tell me what you did in your bios setup? I changed some RAM figures in there to match my RAM, but I don't really know if I did it right.

[Aussie169]

Just skimming further through that thread....
There's plenty of "I did this", but I need specifics on how it was done.

If anyone can help me out I'll be forever in your debt.

[Kris75]

Sounds like a drive issue to me. Are you using a new drive? Is it SATA or IDE? Do you have another drive to record to to check it out. I had this problem but narrowed it down to a bad SEAGATE drive. It would hold info but not write fast enough or Playback fast enough. Eventually it died.

With my i7 system (which is exactly the same as yours only with 3 gigs of ram) I can record at a buffer of 64 all day long, as many tracks as I like. That is what leads me to believe that it is a drive issue.

[Aussie169]

Thanks Kris, I'll try recording to the backup drive and see what happens.

Hey, can you give me specifics on what you changed in the bios?

[Aussie169]

Oh, and I have 3 250gig SATA drives.... system/recording/backup

[Aussie169]

It's not the drive.
Tried 3 different drives, including a brand new Seagate Baracuda.




Here's the Sandra Report.

SiSoftware Sandra
System
Host Name : recording
User : Studio
Workgroup : MSHOME
Processor
Model : Intel(R) Core(TM) i7 CPU 920 @ 2.67GHz
Speed : 2.8GHz
Cores per Processor : 4 Unit(s)
Threads per Core : 2 Unit(s)
Type : Quad-Core
Integrated Data Cache : 4x 32kB, Synchronous, Write-Thru, 8-way, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing
L2 On-board Cache : 4x 256kB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 8-way, 64 byte line size, 2 threads sharing
L3 On-board Cache : 8MB, ECC, Synchronous, ATC, 16-way, Exclusive, 64 byte line size, 8 threads sharing
System
System : Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. EX58-UD3R
Mainboard : Gigabyte Technology Co., Ltd. EX58-UD3R
Bus(es) : PCI PCIe IMB USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
Multi-Processor (MP) Support : No
Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (APIC) : Yes
BIOS : Award Software International, Inc. F5
Total Memory : 3.25GB DDR3
Chipset
Model : Giga-Byte X58 I/O Hub
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 2.4GHz (4.79GHz)
Chipset
Model : Giga-Byte Core CPU Generic Non-Core Registers
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 2.4GHz (4.79GHz)
Total Memory : 6GB DDR3
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 532MHz (1GHz)
Memory Module(s)
Memory Module
Memory Module
Memory Module
Video System
Adapter : ATI Radeon HD 4650 (320 SP, PCIe 2.00 x16)
Adapter : ATI Radeon HD 4650 (320 SP 600MHz, 512MB DDR3 2x400MHz, PCIe 2.00 x16)
Storage Devices
SAMSUNG SP2504C (250GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 8MB Cache) : 233GB (C:)
ST3250820AS (250GB, SATA300, 3.5", NCQ, 8MB Cache) : 233GB (F:)
ST3250620AS (250GB, SATA300, 3.5", NCQ, 16MB Cache) : 233GB (E:)
SONY BD-ROM BDU-X10S (SATA150, BD-R, DVD+-R, CD-R, 4MB Cache) : N/A (D:)
Logical Storage Devices
Hard Disk (C:) : 233GB (NTFS) @ SAMSUNG SP2504C (250GB, SATA300, 3.5", 7200rpm, NCQ, 8MB Cache)
Backup (F:) : 233GB (NTFS) @ ST3250820AS (250GB, SATA300, 3.5", NCQ, 8MB Cache)
Recording (E:) : 233GB (NTFS) @ ST3250620AS (250GB, SATA300, 3.5", NCQ, 16MB Cache)
Optical Drive (D:) : N/A @ SONY BD-ROM BDU-X10S (SATA150, BD-R, DVD+-R, CD-R, 4MB Cache)
3.5" 1.44MB (A:) : N/A
Peripherals
LPC Hub Controller 1 : Giga-Byte LPC Interface Controller
Audio Device : Giga-Byte HD Audio Controller
Audio Device : ASUS RV730XT Audio device [Radeon HD 4670]
Audio Codec : ATI (AMD) AA01h
Serial Port(s) : 1
Disk Controller : Giga-Byte 4 port SATA IDE Controller
Disk Controller : Giga-Byte 2 port SATA IDE Controller
Disk Controller : Giga-Byte JMB36X PCIE-to-SATAII/IDE RAID Controller
USB Controller 1 : Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #4
USB Controller 2 : Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #5
USB Controller 3 : Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #6
USB Controller 4 : Giga-Byte USB EHCI Controller #2
USB Controller 5 : Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #1
USB Controller 6 : Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #2
USB Controller 7 : Giga-Byte USB UHCI Controller #3
USB Controller 8 : Giga-Byte USB EHCI Controller #1
FireWire/1394 Controller 1 : Giga-Byte TSB43AB23 1394a-2000 OHCI PHY/link-layer Controller
SMBus/i2c Controller 1 : Intel 801xx/63xx SMBus
Printers and Faxes
Printer : Microsoft XPS Document Writer (600x600, Colour)
Network Services
Network Adapter : Realtek RTL8168D(P)/8111D(P) PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet NIC - Packet Scheduler Miniport (Ethernet, 100Mbps)
Power Management
Mains (AC) Line Status : On-Line
Operating System
Windows System : Microsoft Windows XP Professional 5.01.2600 (Service Pack 3)
Platform Compliance : x86