I don’t know whether this forum is the right one for this question. I put this question up on another forum as well and I’d like to also have your opinion.
Sonar is a hugely complex music compostition software. It can also handle numerous plugins, effects, etc, and it can run on up to 8 processors. Currently I am working on a large project as far as the sheer quantity of data that needs to be handled by the processor per unit time. The 940 is often time at 94%-96% load, sometimes fully in the red and distortions and poppings occur which, of course, is very bad for sound quality.
I have a choice of upgrading to a CPU6 processor or going with two quad processors (say AMD Fs or Intel 5000 series) on a server board.
When I upgraded to the Phenom 940 from a dual processor, the load on the processor appeared to have decreased noticeably.
Will the server grade machine give me the same result vs the single 940? If it will, it’ll be because processing will fasten up, therefore less data clog in the buffers and caches, or because of processor organization optimized for heavy data loads?
Please speak up if my question is unclear.
Thanks in advance, S.
