computer upgrade

W7NIK

Well the CPU is maxing out, what is the best upgrade , I have a AMD A-6300
 I am thinking to change the operating system  to 32 bit , would that help > SDR software is all 32 bit .
Maybe upgrade the video card ?
I just need another year
If i run N1mm, HRD deluxe  not good

David-N5PSM

How about a mini PC In parallel ?

David Decoons, wo2x

Dwayne_AB6A

David Decoons, wo2x

I agree with Dwayne, you would be better putting money into a new (or refurbished) PC. That is an old CPU.

Not sure what your budget is but an i7 CPU based PC is nice. An i5 based PC will still handle SmartSDR, logging, and WSJT-X.

if it in your budget a PC with minimum 8 GB ram and a solid state drive would be what I would look for. The SSD really speeds things up.

Dave wo2x

Erika - KØDD

Mika Rintala

Dwayne_AB6A

Agreed - That’s how i ended up with an i7. I have a 6600 with four slices so I have the capability of running 4 digital decodes - i3 i had just did not cut it and went with an i7 nuc.

Robby Robertson

Erika - KØDD

That's cool Robby...  FT8 decoding uses a LOT of processor.  I'm on 20 meters right now and most calls are DX...  a full screen is 26 lines of CQ's, DX to DX communications, and stateside to DX qsos.  The software has to decode each one of those qsos! in about a second.  PLus sort out which ones are CQ's, which ones are calling or communicating with this station  (red bars)  Worked before on different bands, or never worked before...  When I ran JTALERT it was really a processing hog. So much so we ran into problems.

NOW try to have 4 FT8 streams running all doing the same thing but on different bands... Every time the GPU needs to refresh and put the NEW decoded data up it has to rewrite the screen with all of the new information.

SSDR with its heavy and continuous graphics redraw needs, of a Panadaptor and waterfall running.  I have my Panadaptor slowed down to average at around 67% but it refreshes at 30FPS... Looks pretty and I can understand the info it is giving me.  The waterfall is running at 92...  Fast...  If I slowed it down I couldn't visually read the incoming signals... I can tell when somebody is calling me or calling CQ..  I can tell when my outgoing signal is raspy.  No I cant mentally decode messages yet.  HAHAHAHA

Lets put it this way.  You can never have enough MONEY, Enough TIME, Enough Sleep, enough Windows Desktop space, enough free computer memory, disk space or processor power. 

and gee.... I thought the world was fabulous the day I got my first Weitek Math Coprocessor for the old 386..  The next big thrill was a PENTIUM PRO 200 workstation...  It's all some kind of alien conspiracy...

Remember SKYNET doesn't want to control old slow computers...  It wants our best technology before it destroys us. sigh

Erika DD   

Robby Robertson

My thrill was when I got a 10 MB hard disk for my 8086 IBM clone. I couldn't believe how much room I had to waste.

-Robby

W7NIK

I am really interested, please email  you ideas , nickw7nik@gmail.com

W7NIK

First I want to say to everyone THANK YOU SO MUCH , i know this is a  Flex group, but the flex radio is a new world and we learn every day. 
I might consider upgrading the Video card . 
 the mem i have is 16 GB . the video card i have is g force  model 630 T  i have 
DDR3 memory , all the new stuff is ddr4  

Dwayne_AB6A

Brian Denley KB1VBF

Mine was when I upgraded my Ohio Scientific C1-P from 4K to 8 K!  Cost me over a hundred bucks back in 1978 to upgrade but I thought I now had a bottomless pit of memory.

Erika - KØDD

Oh my goodness, Brian.  I started computer stuff in 1968 at an IBM explorer post trying to learn Main Frames....  Then professionally AT what was originally an OSI Dealer in MSP specializing in their business systems while machines like your C1 were heading out to hobbiests, the C3 was their staple of multi-user business computing.  Spent time in OHIO at the OSI offices in various technical and marketing classes etc. There... I Worked with the first OSI LAN-NET Systems all pre ethernet... Lan-Net was a parallel buss extension interface between separate processing units.  The machines had to sit next to each other.

The company I worked for was owned by a rather creative engineer and we came out with our own line of higher performance machines and outlived OSI by many years.

Erika DD 

Brian Denley KB1VBF

I loved that C1P but got an Osborne 1 next.  Those were the days!

Ed Stallman

W7NIK

please email me, your picture , remove it off the forum,  the windows key  people would  steal  it. This  group probably  not , just a  thought

W7NIK

yours is a six core cpu , would  you like to trade

Ed Stallman

I missed the A in front or the 6300 , didn't know about that CPU 

W7NIK

This post is completed , fixed,  Traded another ham, LDG tuner for  AMD RYZEN 1700
 16 gb ddr4
 never goes over 20 percent  CPU , and i am trying   NIGHT AND DAY )  

Dwayne_AB6A

Awesome!!