Table 2. nForce and SiS
chipsets
| Chipset |
Motherboard |
CPU |
Bios
Revision |
Operating
System |
Memory
Configuration |
RME
Soundcard |
Audio & MIDI
Software |
Latency |
RME-Athlon
Compatibility |
Remarks |
References |
Editor's Notes |
| nForce 415 |
Asus A7N266-C |
Athlon XP 2200+ |
N/A |
W2K |
768 MB Corsair DDR333 PC2700 |
RME 9652 |
LAWP 5.0/5.1 |
3 ms @ 40 PVs on 5 tracks (loop)/ |
OK |
Robust performance
(no dropoputs at 1.5 ms latency;
ThermalRight AX7 heatsink;
Papst 80 mm 3200 rpm fan; Enermax 550 W PSU;
CPU temp.: 41-46 degrees Celsius;
peak disk read performance: 50 Mb/sec) |
http://www.digitalnaturalsound.com/logic_dsp/msg/910.html |
Attention:
nForce: if using RME Hammerfall 1.40 driver it is necessary
to make the alternative install (same as for dual CPU boards) as
not to drift Midi and Audio apart; see
http://www.digitalnaturalsound.com/logic_dsp/msg/980.html;
problem solved in later versions;
Use
latest bios rev. to increase PCI bandwith and PCI write speed.
For further reading regarding
nForce chipset, drivers, etc; see
http://www.nvidia.com |
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| nForce 415 |
Asus A7N266-C |
Athlon XP 1900+ |
1002c |
Win98SE |
256 MB PC2100 DDR |
HDSP PCI |
LAWP 5.0 |
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OK |
Robust performance (screen refresh
issues with Matrox G450) |
niels@crashmicros.freeserve.co.uk |
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| nForce 415 |
Asus A7N266-C |
Athlon XP 1800+ |
1002 |
WinXP |
512 Kingston CL2 DDR |
DIGI9652/ |
N/A |
1.5 ms |
OK |
Robust performance
(Matthias Carstens, RME: "Best Athlon-
based mobo tested by us so far") |
MatthiasCarstens@t-online.de |
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| nForce 420 |
MSI KN7420 Pro |
Athlon XP 1800+ |
N/A |
WinXP |
512 MB DDR PC2100 |
DIGI9652 |
LAWP 4.81 |
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OK |
Robust performance |
http://www.digitalnaturalsound.com/logic_dsp/msg/669.html |
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| nForce 420 |
MSI KN7420 Pro |
Athlon XP 1900+ |
N/A |
Win98SE |
256 MB PC2100 DDR |
HDSP PCI |
LAWP 5.1 |
With ATI 7500 graphic adapter: |
OK |
Robust performance (screen refresh
issues with Matrox G450) |
niels@crashmicros.freeserve.co.uk |
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3 ms @ 46 PVs, 46 ms @ 38 PVs |
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| SiS 735 |
ECS K7S5A |
Athlon XP 1800+ |
N/A |
WinXP Pro |
512 MB DDR PC2100 |
HDSP PCI |
LAWP 4.8.1 |
6 ms |
OK |
Robust performance |
http://www.nuendo.com/forum/Forum3/HTML/000864.html |
ECS K7S6A (SiS 745 chipset) supports
APIC (no IRQ sharing
newsgroup rme-audio.forum:2002-02-10 in ACPI mode)
For
further reading regarding SiS chipset, drivers, etc.; see
http://www.sis.com |
| SiS 735 |
ECS K7S5A |
Athlon XP 2000+ |
N/A |
WinXP Pro |
N/A |
HDSP PCI |
Nuendo |
3 ms @ 24 tracks/44.1 MHz/32-bit |
OK |
Robust performance |
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Table 3. AMD 760 MP/MPX (dual) chipsets |
| AMD 760 MP |
Tyan Tiger MP (S2460) |
2 x Athlon XP 2000+ |
N/A |
WinXP Pro |
1 GB DDR |
DIGI9652 |
Nuendo 1.53 |
N/A |
OK (60+playback tracks + 16 recording tracks w/ plugins) |
User reports initial problems with installation &
configuration |
http://www.nuendo.com/forum/Forum1/HTML/007193.html |
Attention: |
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@ 20-40 ms latency (external monitoring)/44.1 kHz/32-bit |
Enermax 431 watt PSU; ACPI mode "on". |
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Tyan MP/MPX: use only registered ECC RAM, Enermax
PSU |
| AMD 760 MP |
Tyan Tiger MP (S2460) |
2 x Athlon 1600 |
N/A |
W2K |
1 GHz PC133 RAM |
DIGI9652 |
SAWStudio 2.x |
N/A |
OK (72 solid audio tracks + Autotune, DSP-FX, Sonic |
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newsgroup: iqsoft 2002-03-12 |
(> 430 W recommended),
disable on-board 3Com Ethernet adpter; |
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Timeworks, Ozone plugins @ < 65% cpu load) |
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External 64-bit LinkSys ethernet adapter recommended. |
| AMD 760 MP |
Tyan Tiger MP (S2460) |
2 x Athlon MP 1800+ |
1,3 |
W2KSP2 |
1024 MB DDRAM PC266 |
HDSP |
SAWStudio 2.6b |
N/A |
OK (8 solid tracks/2 hours/44.1kHz/24-bit glitch-free) |
Enermax 431 Watt PSU; ACPI multiprocessor configured. |
raul@simplybrass.com |
Stability is not guaranteed on Tyan 2460/2462/2466
with more than 3 |
| AMD 760 MPX |
Tyan Tiger MPX (S2466) |
1 x Athlon XP 1700+ |
1,1 |
WinXP |
1024 MB ECC/REG SDRAM |
HDSP |
Nuendo |
1.5 ms |
OK |
On-board 3Com Ethernet adapter disabled. |
newsgroup: rme-audio.forum:2002-03-16 |
GB memory (> 6 slots); newsgroup: alt.comp.periphs.mainboard.tyan |
| AMD 760 MPX |
Tyan Tiger MPX (S2466n) |
2 x Athlon MP 1900+ |
1,01 |
WinXP Pro |
1024 MB Kingston non-ECC RAM |
DIGI9652 |
Cubase 5.1 r2 pb2 |
23 ms (user reports good |
OK (user reports that RME 9652 Hammerfall does not
work |
User reports boot-up problems with Matrox G450. |
skompfner@hotmail.com |
2002-06-24; One user reports compatibility issues
with RME 9652 |
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performance at lower latencies) |
in 64-bit PCI slots) |
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and the 64-bit PCI slots. |
| AMD 760 MPX |
Asus A7M266-D |
2 x Athlon XP 2000+ |
A05 |
WinXP Pro |
1024 MB Mushkin PC2100 DDR SDRAM |
HDSP |
Samplitude 2496 6.05 |
1.5 ms ASIO |
OK |
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Cakewalk Pro 9/etc. |
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