[PlanetCCRMA] New PC - Athlon 64

[Jan Depner]

On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 07:34 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
> On 12/3/05, Jan Depner <eviltwin69@cableone.net> wrote:
> > On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 07:11 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > > On 12/3/05, Jan Depner <eviltwin69@cableone.net> wrote:
> > > > On Sat, 2005-12-03 at 05:47 -0800, Mark Knecht wrote:
> > > > > Hi Jan,
> > > > >    I'm running a 64-bit Gentoo version on my AMD64 machine. It works
> > > > > fine with all audio apps that I've tried but the machine is not
> > > > > without it's problems:
> > > > >
> > > > > 1) Even with the newest Ingo kernels I am not xrun free using my HDSP
> > > > > 9652. This card was rock solid in my old Via-based 32-bit Athlon but
> > > > > not so at the lowest latency settings in my NVidia 64-bit. Note that
> > > > > the machine is very usable with higher latency settings. (256/2 or
> > > > > higher)
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >     I generally run 2048/2 and use hardware monitoring so that shouldn't
> > > > be a problem for me.
> > > >
> > > > > 2) You may run into issues with web browsing. Flash does not work at
> > > > > on 64-bit yet. The work around for this is to run a 32-bit binary
> > > > > version of Firefox with a 32-bit of Flash. This works fine. (Remember
> > > > > to install all 32-bit emulation libraries.) However in this
> > > > > environment Java doesn't work. If you want Java && Flash then some
> > > > > folks are building ful 32-bit chrooted environments on the same
> > > > > machine and running Firefox in there. Way too much work for me! I
> > > > > currently run both version fo Firefox and use the one I need based on
> > > > > Java vs. Flash requirements.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >     I really don't care all that much about Flash and Java.  I guess I'd
> > > > probably just do the same as you.
> > >
> > > I don't care much either, most of the time, but I subscribe to an
> > > investment service that uses a lot of Java so I needed a way to use
> > > it. This has worked pretty well for me.
> > >
> > > >
> > > > >    I suspect that your problems will be minor and you'll be happy.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > >     Thanks for the info Mark.  BTW, what speed processor are you
> > > > running?
> > >
> > > Mine's a 3000+ single core wunning 2.6.14-rt21. Are you getting a
> > > single or double core?
> > >
> >
> >     It would definitely be single core.
> 
> It should be a good machine for you. What motherboard are you getting?
> I think my xrun problems are more caused by the NVidia chipset. or
> possibly some configuration trick I've not learned yet.
> 

    Asus K8V SE Deluxe Socket 754 ATX Motherboard.  It's a Via K8T800
chipset.


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Jan 'Evil Twin' Depner
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