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Subject:Slow due to pauses Posted by: Sonican Date:3/21/2000 10:59:00 AM I have a top notch system (description below) but my SF is still slow! I have bursts of processing, then huge pauses in between. I checked the pagefile and it doesn't even grow so I assume SF doesn't use v-ram that much. Even my ram is not used during these intense calculations. I know that SF is a hard drive based system but my cheetah has 5ms access and my 2940u2w has 80MB transfer rates! I cannot understand what the problem could be. Been told video card (being PCI and not AGP) could cause problems. Any recomendations for a good AGP (PC runs only SF and Cubase) would be greatly appreciated also. Thanks, /\/\anos OS: Windows 98 Motherboard: Abit BF6 CPU: Pentium III 500MHz Hard Drives: Seagate Cheetah 9.1MB SCSI(2 partitions:2G for system and swap file, 7G for SF temp and storage) + Maxtor 5.1 IDE (Backup) SCSI Controller: Adaptec 2940U2W Sound Cards: Event Gina + Soundblaster 64 Gold Video Card: Diamond Stealth64 Video 3000 Series (VRAM) Ram: 192MB CDROM: Acer 36X CDR: Mitsumi 6X Read, 4X Write Zip drive: 100MB Modem: US Robotics 56.6 Voice/Fax
Subject:Re: Slow due to pauses Reply by: Siggi_Churchill Date:3/21/2000 12:42:00 PM There are some discussions about video bogging down a system in the Vegas forum but I'll save you the trouble and summarize. Video performance is directly affects audio performance. Although the two aren't related they are competing for the same resources so if your video lags your audio will lag. I learned this first hand on my first system PII233, 5400RPM, 128MB, and a Gina card. I couldn't run anything with the wave display at anything larger than a sliver without audio dropping out or stuttering. Switched from my Diamond Stealth 2000 PCI to an AGP card and all my problems went away. Others (yourself included) have apparently had the same problem with larger, faster systems. Slow video cards have crippled several people in the Vegas world and switching to a better card has solved the problem. The reigning champ of video cards seems to be the Matrox G400 AGP with 32MB. I've got one in my current system and have had no problems at all. Others have switched to this card and raved about the improved performance. To make a long winded story short GET A NEW VIDEO CARD. Manos wrote: >>I have a top notch system (description below) but my SF is >>still slow! I have bursts of processing, then huge pauses >>in between. I checked the pagefile and it doesn't even >>grow so I assume SF doesn't use v-ram that much. Even my >>ram is not used during these intense calculations. I know >>that SF is a hard drive based system but my cheetah has 5ms >>access and my 2940u2w has 80MB transfer rates! I cannot >>understand what the problem could be. >>Been told video card (being PCI and not AGP) could cause >>problems. Any recomendations for a good AGP (PC runs only >>SF and Cubase) would be greatly appreciated also. >>Thanks, >>/\/\anos >> >>OS: Windows 98 >>Motherboard: Abit BF6 >>CPU: Pentium III 500MHz >>Hard Drives: Seagate Cheetah 9.1MB SCSI(2 partitions:2G for >>system and swap file, 7G for SF temp and storage) + Maxtor >>5.1 IDE (Backup) >>SCSI Controller: Adaptec 2940U2W >>Sound Cards: Event Gina + Soundblaster 64 Gold >>Video Card: Diamond Stealth64 Video 3000 Series (VRAM) >>Ram: 192MB >>CDROM: Acer 36X >>CDR: Mitsumi 6X Read, 4X Write >>Zip drive: 100MB >>Modem: US Robotics 56.6 Voice/Fax

There are some discussions about video bogging down a system in the
Vegas forum but I'll save you the trouble and summarize.

Video performance is directly affects audio performance. Although the
two aren't related they are competing for the same resources so if
your video lags your audio will lag. I learned this first hand on my
first system PII233, 5400RPM, 128MB, and a Gina card. I couldn't run
anything with the wave display at anything larger than a sliver
without audio dropping out or stuttering. Switched from my Diamond
Stealth 2000 PCI to an AGP card and all my problems went away.

Others (yourself included) have apparently had the same problem with
larger, faster systems. Slow video cards have crippled several people
in the Vegas world and switching to a better card has solved the
problem. The reigning champ of video cards seems to be the Matrox
G400 AGP with 32MB. I've got one in my current system and have had no
problems at all. Others have switched to this card and raved about
the improved performance.

To make a long winded story short GET A NEW VIDEO CARD.

Manos wrote:
>>I have a top notch system (description below) but my SF is
>>still slow! I have bursts of processing, then huge pauses
>>in between. I checked the pagefile and it doesn't even
>>grow so I assume SF doesn't use v-ram that much. Even my
>>ram is not used during these intense calculations. I know
>>that SF is a hard drive based system but my cheetah has 5ms
>>access and my 2940u2w has 80MB transfer rates! I cannot
>>understand what the problem could be.
>>Been told video card (being PCI and not AGP) could cause
>>problems. Any recomendations for a good AGP (PC runs only
>>SF and Cubase) would be greatly appreciated also.
>>Thanks,
>>/\/\anos
>>
>>OS: Windows 98
>>Motherboard: Abit BF6
>>CPU: Pentium III 500MHz
>>Hard Drives: Seagate Cheetah 9.1MB SCSI(2 partitions:2G for
>>system and swap file, 7G for SF temp and storage) + Maxtor
>>5.1 IDE (Backup)
>>SCSI Controller: Adaptec 2940U2W
>>Sound Cards: Event Gina + Soundblaster 64 Gold
>>Video Card: Diamond Stealth64 Video 3000 Series (VRAM)
>>Ram: 192MB
>>CDROM: Acer 36X
>>CDR: Mitsumi 6X Read, 4X Write
>>Zip drive: 100MB
>>Modem: US Robotics 56.6 Voice/Fax