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Original Message 1/8 21-May-03 @ 08:19 PM - Project 5 reason and amd xp 2400

Yonce N Mild

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Ive decide to buy either project 5 or Reason. I am leaning toward project 5 because I already have sonar and project 5 can use vsti and dxi it also has acid looping tools. Any reasons i should buy reason instead ? ok second part of the question i currently have a amd 1.4ghz athalon with 512mb of ram I just ordered 512 more and I am considering upgrading my processor to a amd xp 2400 I wouldn't have to upgrade my motherboard and I could pick one up for about 100 bucks. Question is is it worth it a amd xp2400 runs at 1.83 hgz will I get a big enough preformance increase to justify the 100 bucks or should I wait till some of the faster xps drop into the 100 dollar range ?

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Message 2/8 21-May-03 @ 08:42 PM - RE: Project 5 reason and amd xp 2400

99devils

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Depends on how much that $100 is worth to you in some other use..

You know, not too long ago the machine's total clock speed was $400mhz, so an extra 400 is going to be a good chunk of power.

-Craig

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Message 3/8 21-May-03 @ 08:54 PM - RE: Project 5 reason and amd xp 2400

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Well, i notice the speed difference between the 1400 i built for my mom, and my 1800, so a 2400 will surely give you nice kick in the pants. The numbers game is not all AMD marketing... you really will get a lot more real-world speed than just 400 MHz.

And I would wait on Project 5 just to see how it takes off as a standard. It looks really promising and all, but Cakewalk's "standards" have a way of falling by the wayside (AudioX and DXi come to mind). Reason already has a huge installed base, so it'll be around for a long time. Though P5's VSTi and DXi integration is nice, if you already have Sonar you really don't need all that. Rewire with Reason and Sonar is rock solid and you get the best of both worlds. "Just my 2 cents"

psy

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Message 4/8 22-May-03 @ 08:47 AM - RE: Project 5 reason and amd xp 2400

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If your mobo does indeed support the XP2400+ then I'd say get it..

I moved from a TBird 1.4 to an XP2100+ and although I didn't get close to pushing the TBird, i got that warm fuzzy feeling knowing the XP2100+ will have plenty of chops to keep me going for some time yet...

Just make sure of two things:

1. You have sufficient, quiet CPU cooling (you will most likely need to change your fan)

2. You have the correct BIOS update for your mobo to enable it to use the XP2400+

Have fun..

Marc_D

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Message 5/8 22-May-03 @ 10:29 AM - RE: Project 5 reason and amd xp 2400

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2400 runs at 2ghz methinks. mine does anyway.

*goes off to check*

yup. the other computer i got has a 1ghz but i've not noticed a massive difference with this new one, but i've yet to really do the tweaking nonsense. next time i'm buying it'll be 4ghz. anyone see a pattern here?

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Message 6/8 22-May-03 @ 11:25 AM - RE: Project 5 reason and amd xp 2400

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You're alive mate!!!

YE GADZ!

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Message 7/8 23-May-03 @ 12:52 PM - RE: Project 5 reason and amd xp 2400

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well I'm able to run Project5 and SONAR 2.2 XL fine on a 2gh athlon (1667mhz)

Project5 is great... and unline REASON, it doesn't have to be rewired - when you open SONAR, all the Project5 synths are in the rack as DXi's!!

so you CAN use Project5 for it's peculiarly unique methodology of working which imo (based on comparison with Reason 1 is superior to Reason by far, but you dont need to basicaly if you dont want to - so Project5 can be though of as simply a collection of quality sound generating tools if you like.

However, in the small amount of time I've had so far with Project5, I really like the way it works for actual compositional tasks.

I'm really busy right now with a spring apartment re-fit/re-painting task and some serious sessions for a label, but I'll be getting to task with Project5 in the next 2 weeks at which time a serial review will start... I'd rather run the review 'as I go along' that make a big gap while I complete a full review prior to publishing.

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Message 8/8 30-May-03 @ 05:59 PM - RE: Project 5 reason and amd xp 2400

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wow i was just checking upt price watch and the xp 2500 is now under 100 bucks !! If the xp processors arn't labeled 333 they use a 266 fsb ? for example the xp 2800 333 has a 333 mhz fsb and the plain xp 2800 has a 266 fsb ??? because I can use any xp processor with a 266 fsb. I think I might hang on a little bit longer untill the 2800 drops closer to 100 bucks

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