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computer upgrade
W7NIK
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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
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
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Maybe look for a refurbished PC with an Intel I5 CPU to keep cost down.
another thing, there may be unnecessary software being loaded and running in the background causing the machine load to be high.
Dave wo2x
https://www.cpubenchmark.net/compare/AMD-A4-6300-APU-vs-Intel-i7-8559U/2083vs3302
I know I can max my own system out with SDR + a combination of 4 x WSJTX/FLDIGI.
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
Go ahead and build your own PC... Decide how many monitors you want to run, and pick up a nice gaming motherboard, case and Processor. That's what I was talking about yesterday. I tossed two laptops that folded up just like your machine in the garbage can.. Clunk Clunk...
THROW as much GPU processing into your computer as you can afford... 8 GB of quick RAM minimum. Mine has 16 in it, and about 11 of it is just sitting there. BUT if it decides it needs memory it is available.
They make some great i7's that run circles around my 2012 era E3 XEON 4 core processor. Don't be afraid to scale up the processor / mother board. Most Best Buy or Costco computers are real stinkers when put to the test. They cut all sorts of corners and SSDR is a graphics hog.. If it can handle gaming, it can handle SSDR and all the other stuff.
GOOD ROG, "Republic of Gaming" certified MB's can handle whatever you may need... If I was going to buy an i7 right now. I'd pick up an i7-9700K processor They're down in the $300's right now. I myself might even jump on an i9-9900K as I build machines for the next 5 years... That processor is right now about $550 what the i7-9700k was just a couple months ago...
Just for reference. I use SSDR 3.1.8, DDutil v4, Ham Radio deluxe in just the LOGGING MODE no rig control. and WSJT-X... I had to scrap JTAlert as it has some buffer overflow problems and the programmer hadn't gotten it fixed... and then ignored everybody crying because our computers were claiming the release had a virus and wouldn't down load... That previous version was choking my computer and after several decodes, WSJT-X stopped being able to decode in time to respond to someone calling me.
We ask more and more of our computers everyday. I just ordered a new used 4 port video card that should be here on thursday... 4 gigs of video ram to my 4 port with 512 and two video processors right now... The video processor that has SSDR only on it sits right at 50% utilization most of the time... THATS just SSDR on its own processor. Hopefully the upgrade board will run in the old Dell Precision.... If not I already have a case for the upgraded machine I was describing.
But even so. My 4 cores individually are averaging around 25-30% utilization. On our servers in the day we said 11% was the highest we wanted to see the servers running while doing their jobs.
I'm very happy for the Flex Users that can get by with their i3 AND I5 computers. BUT the software I chose to run here Demands more performance than what a regular old desktop can provide. Some of us EXPECT A LOT OUT OF A COMPUTER... Back when I was consulting, my personal office machine was a fairly brisk computer. I used to say I want my machine to bring up the next application I'm going to use instantly and do so with me just thinking about it (Anticipate what I might want to use next).
Right now I notice even after clicking we're waiting for a program to come up. IT IS time for an upgrade here. and on a fixed retirement now I have to control spending... Have a great day everybody.
Erika DD
Mika
-Robby
HP3SS
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
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
The various programs we use including SDR could possibly use GPU processing to improve performance, but they are written to support the "lowest common denominator"... a machine like yours. Usually, if there was GPU offload capabilities, it would be an option to choose in the program configuration. I'm not aware any of our ham programs having GPU offload.
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
https://prnt.sc/rmwtrn
16 gb ddr4
never goes over 20 percent CPU , and i am trying