Pt 8 with AMD.

[chazc080488]

I just came back from guitar center to buy pro tools 8 when I guy told me that 8 has been having problems with amd processors. Any truth to that? I have had success with 7.4 and don't want to hurt my system.

SiSoftware Sandra

System
Host Name : USER-PC
User : User
Workgroup : WORKGROUP

Processor
Model : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 5000+
Speed : 2.61GHz
Model Number : 5000
Cores per Processor : 2 Unit(s)
Threads per Core : 1 Unit(s)
Type : Low Power, Dual-Core
Internal Data Cache : 2x 64kB, Synchronous, Write-Back, 2-way, 64 byte line size
L2 On-board Cache : 2x 512kB, ECC, Synchronous, Write-Back, 16-way, 64 byte line size

System
System : System manufacturer System Product Name
Platform Compliance : AMD LIVE!
Mainboard : ASUSTeK Computer INC. M2N-SLI
Bus(es) : PCI PCIe IMB USB FireWire/1394 i2c/SMBus
Multi-Processor (MP) Support : 1 Processor(s)
Multi-Processor Advanced PIC (APIC) : Yes
System BIOS : Phoenix Technologies, LTD 255.255
Total Memory : 3.25GB DDR2

Chipset 1
Model : AMD Athlon 64 / Opteron HyperTransport Technology Configuration
Front Side Bus Speed : 2x 1.00GHz (2.01GHz)
Total Memory : 4GB DDR2
Memory Bus Speed : 2x 373MHz (746MHz)

Video System
Monitor/Panel : HP w2408 Wide LCD Monitor
Adapter : NVIDIA GeForce 7600 GT

Physical Storage Devices
ST3360320AS 360GB (SATA300, NCQ, 8MB Cache) : 335.35GB (C:)
Hitachi HDS721616PLAT80 160GB (FireWire/1394, NCQ) : 149.05GB (E:)
HL-DT-ST DVDRRW GSA-H30L (SATA150, 40x CD-R, 40x CD-W, 5x DVD-R, 5x DVD-W, 2MB Cache, 192kB Flash) : N/A (D:)

Logical Storage Devices
Hard Disk (C:) : 335.35GB (153.79GB, 46% Free Space) (NTFS) @ ST3360320AS 360GB (SATA300, NCQ, 8MB Cache)
CD-ROM/DVD (D:) : N/A @ HL-DT-ST DVDRRW GSA-H30L (SATA150, 40x CD-R, 40x CD-W, 5x DVD-R, 5x DVD-W, 2MB Cache, 192kB Flash)
3.5" 1.44MB (A:) : N/A @ ST3360320AS 360GB (SATA300, NCQ, 8MB Cache)
New Volume (E:) : 149.05GB (100.06GB, 67% Free Space) (NTFS) @ Hitachi HDS721616PLAT80 160GB (FireWire/1394, NCQ)

Peripherals
Serial/Parallel Port(s) : 1 COM / 1 LPT
USB Controller/Hub : Standard OpenHCD USB Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : Standard Enhanced PCI to USB Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : VIA Rev 5 or later USB Universal Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : VIA USB Enhanced Host Controller
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Root Hub
USB Controller/Hub : USB Composite Device
USB Controller/Hub : USB Composite Device
USB Controller/Hub : USB Composite Device
USB Controller/Hub : USB Composite Device
USB Controller/Hub : Digidesign Mbox 2 Firmware Updater
FireWire/1394 Controller/Hub : VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
FireWire/1394 Controller/Hub : VIA OHCI Compliant IEEE 1394 Host Controller
Keyboard : Standard PS/2 Keyboard
Mouse : PS/2 Compatible Mouse
Human Interface : HID-compliant consumer control device
Human Interface : USB Human Interface Device

MultiMedia Device(s)
Device : Envy24 Family Audio Controller WDM

Printers and Faxes
Model : Send To OneNote 2007
Model : Microsoft XPS Document Writer
Model : HP Deskjet F2200 series

Power Management
Mains (AC) Line Status : On-Line

Operating System(s)
Windows System : Microsoft Windows Vista Home Media Center 6.00.6002 (Service Pack 2)
Platform Compliance : Win32 x86

Windows Experience Index
Current System : 5.2

Network Services
Adapter : NVIDIA nForce 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet

Performance Tips
Warning 100 : Large memory sizes should be made of Registered/Buffered memory.
Tip 2546 : Large memory modules should be ECC/Parity.
Tip 2 : Double-click tip or press Enter while a tip is selected for more information about the tip.

[rqstudio]

Lets just say it's a crap shoot, Digi's been very busy lately getting things up to their competitions standards and haven't been qualifying machines, but I have 2 without any problems.

[gonsdeejay]

Ok, My bussiness it's about PC's, so I enssamble CPU since Pentium 3, Socket A, Celeron, the Pentium 4, was a great prosessor, so the Dual Core, and Quad Core. and for some reasons I have to start enssamble AMD, but since Semprom, Athlon II, Phenom II, but I have to tell you something about this Processors, Right Now for administration bussiness I Use one CPU With Phenom II X4 965 3.4 Ghz, 4 Gb on Ram, with a Hard Drive 250 Gb 7200, 256 Mb Video Card Radeon Chip, X300, everything on Windows 7 Home Premium. and you don't want to know about the Windows Experience Evaluation....
the evaluation give me 2.1. Pro Tools runs, but not like on my i5-750 2.66 Ghz, with same memory 1333 ghz memory Kinston Ram. with same Hard Drive and another Video Card 512 Mb. The Evaluation give 6.9. So in the Practice AMD doesn't work at all in compare with Intel i5 or i7, trust me.

[The Weed]

I have 8.0.4 on XP SP3 on an AMD 64 X2. It's been fine and stable so far, but I definitely don't stress the machine. Not because stressing gives me problems, but I just don't do many tracks in my line of work normally and never MIDI or VSTis.

Cheers,

[EarBud]

My ProTools system is currently down completely due to the fact that my computer is AMD-based and will not run my new PT8 software.

There's a huge thread on this, but the conclusion can be found in post #107 (page 11) of the thread by DigiTechSupt.

http://duc.digidesign.com/showthread...234575&page=11

I personally will never invest in AMD again, as I've run into compatibility problems with video editing programs and now ProTools. Others AMD users have dodged the bullet, but I'm tired of gambling.

Good luck!

[TOM@METRO]

Even though I have a soft spot for AMD, and appreciate that they once were by far the best choice for a PT rig, I will have to agree that Intel is the way to go for now.

[nerhal]

run an amd system. minus a few glitches that happened maybe 3 times randomly. it runs solid. recording a full length right now and have had no issues except that it creates more smiles than frowns.

[BrendanClace]

Originally Posted by gonsdeejay

Ok, My bussiness it's about PC's, so I enssamble CPU since Pentium 3, Socket A, Celeron, the Pentium 4, was a great prosessor, so the Dual Core, and Quad Core. and for some reasons I have to start enssamble AMD, but since Semprom, Athlon II, Phenom II, but I have to tell you something about this Processors, Right Now for administration bussiness I Use one CPU With Phenom II X4 965 3.4 Ghz, 4 Gb on Ram, with a Hard Drive 250 Gb 7200, 256 Mb Video Card Radeon Chip, X300, everything on Windows 7 Home Premium. and you don't want to know about the Windows Experience Evaluation....
the evaluation give me 2.1. Pro Tools runs, but not like on my i5-750 2.66 Ghz, with same memory 1333 ghz memory Kinston Ram. with same Hard Drive and another Video Card 512 Mb. The Evaluation give 6.9. So in the Practice AMD doesn't work at all in compare with Intel i5 or i7, trust me.

This is the biggest load of crap I have seen on this forum.

I am running the same machine you are talking about. Phenom II X4 965 4GB DDR3-1333 3x 500GB HDD's, 1024MB video card and my windows experience index is 5.9 due to the hard drives, otherwise windows 7 rates my processor at 7.1 and that was non-overclocked.

I don't know what you are talking about nor where you got your numbers from, but I can assure you that you screwed something up.

My machine runs PT like a TANK, and I have never looked back.

NO problems with AMD processors and PT here. All a myth other than the Turion mobile chips if you ask me.

Oh....and the pentium 4's were not good processors. Complete crap for the price, and the competitors destroyed them hands down.

I don't know...but to me it honestly sounds like you work for Intel.

[albee1952]

I think the problem here is specific to the Athlon series of CPU's. My 6000+ AMD runs PT8 just dandy, but my friend's Athlon 4400+ gave me fits trying to get 7.4 or 8 working. Going back to PT7 made it all work fine.

[DigiTechSupt]

There should be no specific problems with current AMD processors - the issue described above is with older versions (2+ years old) that supposedly supported SSE2 instruction set, but actually didn't. Current AMD processors have that functionality and, as long as you follow the general guidelines for compatibility (no Turion, Sempron processors, VIA or NVidia chipsets only, etc) you shouldn't have any problems.