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Ian Greaves
03-15-2000, 09:39 AM
I recently got an ex-demo (5 month old) 16 channel PC set-up which I'm running with my Pro-Tools (v4.3) system on System 8.6 on a 9500/200 processor with 256Mb RAM.
I haven't had any of the fader problems described in other threads (Yet !) but perhaps I just haven't used the set-up enough yet (still getting the rest of my equipment connected, not enough interfaces etc.).
What problems am I likely to encounter with this set-up and in particular upgrading to PT5 ? Will it run ok on this system ? Is it fast enough ?
I'm holding on for a G4/500 based system later this year when the money appears - with expansion chassis - I have all 6 PCI slot used at the moment and I would like to be running 2 monitors.

Ray Fabi
04-11-2000, 09:42 AM
I don't believe your computer will have the speed to handle 5.0 ... I upgraded my 9600/300 (which is I believe much faster than your computer) I upgraded the CPU to a Newer Tech G3 400/200 and do see a difference. Still not as fast as what I really want, but cannot convince myself tojump into a G4 config with exp chassis until ALL the bugs have been ironed out.
Hope this helps

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Ray Fabi
Ton of Bricks Studios Montreal
514-990-2713

Jules
04-12-2000, 12:07 AM
Dual monitors are an isssue with G4's, keep an eye on that.

Meanwhile, I'm rockin on:

PT 5
Procontrol (16 faders)
Ethernet hub
OS 8.6
G3, 266
244 ram
2 x monitors
Bit 3 7 slot epx chassis
1 core 2 mix and 1 vintage farm cards

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Jules