Well, that blows my theory. I think memory is also a key factor, especially with Windows XP systems. I had a significantly noticeable performance improvement when I bumped my system up to 4G from 2G. I think the combination of what I was running, Windows XP, JAWS, Switch, SoundTaxi and so on was really struggling running in a 2G footprint.
On 07/08/12 14:03, Øyvind Lode - Forums wrote: > I have a Quad Core CPU but it's quite old. > It's an Intel Quad Core (Core2 Quad Q8300). > > -----Original Message----- > From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On > Behalf Of Christopher Chaltain > Sent: 7. august 2012 20:37 > To: PC Audio Discussion List > Subject: Re: eac and window-eyes > > I'm curious. How many processors does each person have? A dual core > processor would run a bit slower in general (although it may not be > noticeable) but would handle audio processing tasks better. A single > core system would definitely seem sluggish when doing a lot of audio > processing. I know when I upgraded to a dual core processor, > multitasking while I was doing some audio processing tasks was > definitely snappier. > > On 07/08/12 13:05, Kelly Pierce wrote: >> Because processing audio can command a lot from a computer, I have a >> second computer to perform tasks such as CD ripping, audio recording, >> audio editing, format conversions and stream capturing. I have had >> this second computer setup since 2006 and it has been well worth the >> investment. >> >> Kelly >> >> >> >> >> On 8/7/12, Sunshine <sunsh...@abe.midco.net> wrote: >>> never had this happen with eac and window eyes my computer is responsive and >>> >>> does not bogg down. >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Brett Boyer" <bboyer...@gmail.com> >>> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 11:25 AM >>> Subject: Re: eac and window-eyes >>> >>> >>> My computer isn't super fast but it chugs a long at a pretty good pace. >>> However, sometimes when I am ripping or burning a cd it happens to me as >>> well, no matter what burning program I'm using. >>> Maybe having a hardware speech synth would fix this? That's a rarety these >>> days... >>> bb >>> >>> ----- Original Message ----- >>> From: "Øyvind Lode - Forums" <for...@lode.is> >>> To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >>> Sent: Tuesday, August 07, 2012 1:48 AM >>> Subject: RE: eac and window-eyes >>> >>> >>>> Same experience with JAWS. >>>> I guess it's because EAC is using 100% CPU and thus makes >>>> JAWS/Window-Eyes >>>> extremely sluggish. >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org >>>> [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] >>>> On Behalf Of Tim Crawford (GI4OPH) >>>> Sent: 6. august 2012 23:57 >>>> To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' >>>> Subject: RE: eac and window-eyes >>>> >>>> Hi Jim, >>>> >>>> I'm afraid I can't offer a solution, but I've been using eac for the last >>>> ten years or so under win 98, xp and now win 7 64 bit, and have also >>>> experienced this same sluggishness with windoweyes whilst eac is ripping, >>>> right throughout this time period. >>>> >>>> After ripping has concluded speech returns to normal. >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> >>>> Tim. >>>> >>>> Bangor, N. Ireland. >>>> >>>> Skype: tim-crawford >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org >>>> [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] >>>> On Behalf Of Jim Ruby >>>> Sent: 06 August 2012 13:18 >>>> To: 'PC Audio Discussion List' >>>> Subject: eac and window-eyes >>>> >>>> When I am ripping a cd to mp3 and trying to read this screen, window-eyes >>>> is >>>> very very slow, any suggestions? Running latest version on a win 7 64 >>>> with >>>> 16 gb of ram. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>>> >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>>> >>>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>> >>> >>> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >>> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >>> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org >> > -- Christopher (CJ) chaltain at Gmail To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
