Intel Core 2 Duo is it any good?

[mech84]

I've just read this topic on the Rockdirect forum,

http://www.rockforum.co.uk/viewtopic.php?t=5665

which says that if your only running one program e.g Ableton Live. it is better to have a higher powered single processor than a smaller duo process. I know that Ableton Live 6 will be duo core enabled, but when proforming live will it still work? And is it worth getting a Duo core or a more powerful single processor?

please help, thanks

[tsod]

just wait a few months for the quad ones.. they're announced to xmas this year
and as already said in this forum ableton has announced dual processor support for version 6.. also coming soon
i dont own one by myself.. but as far as i heard they're top notch!

[Measax]

I have a 2.0 macbook pro...1 g ram...run ableton...no problems at all. much faster on my machine than my room mates....they have g4s and also pc laptops (2.6 I think, not sure I don't like windows so I don't really use windows). but on performance I ran the buffer test...at 80% I ran my buffer almost to 0 before I got and drops in audio...I think I was at 14 samples or even a little less before there were any noticable audio differences...ran the the test on some other machines and we couldn't get below 100.....even on the fastest single processor pc....Its fast....trust it...

[echelon]

The core 2 duos are fantastic - nothing on the market comes close at the moment.

[Robot Criminal]

I wait for AMD dual core laps
(I rly have something against intel, don't know )

though u can clock some core duos to 4 ghz both cores

[Zoiberg]

Live 6 runs much much better on multiprocessor and multicore systems.

[ri]

While the core duos are fine for music, most music apps run smoother on AMD chips, so might be worth researching.

I'd wait for a quad laptop, that'll make sure you have enough portable grunt.

[Prime time]

The core 2 duos are fantastic - nothing on the market comes close at the moment.

i agree with you ! fantastic is the rigth name !!