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The videocard wouldnt really matter for audio editing ... like ... at all.
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I thought that too.... but everything I have read about computers used specifically for audio/recording says to get a video card with dedicated memory (like 256MB) so you don't use your main RAM processing graphics... which clears more memory up for plug-ins and the like.
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the new rule of thumb for sound editing is use the more powerfulest single core processor that you can find until software designers rewrite their software to take advantage of these new processors
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I have heard this too.... which is basically why I posted this thread.
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A one-threaded application running on a dual-core is 100% exactly the same as running on a one-core.
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That's what I thought.... but what defines "one-threaded"? I thought that since the most of the software I use was produced before the multi-core craze that it would be one-threaded.... which would mean that I wouldn't see much performance increase if I got a mutli-core laptop.... right?
Right now I run my cubase/reason setup on an AMD64 3000+/ 512mb RAM/ 80 GB 7200 RPM hd (internal... I have another 80 external drive for backup)/ Radeon 9600 (w/256mb memory) and have never had any problems with it. I run relatively low latencies (3ms) at 24bit/96kHz... and still have yet to hit the ceiling on what I can do... I would take that in a laptop.
I read on one site that makes audio specific computers (or at least they are billed as such) that the best processor for a mobile DAW was the Pentium M. I read that this past summer, after the core duo's were out and the core 2 duo's were in the pipeline. I wondered at the time if they just hadn't updated the website.... but possibly not? For the life of me though, I can't remember the name of the company...
So I guess I figured that if I could run a better DAW with an older CPU, for less money...
LOL, I think I am more confused now!
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