[Flexradio] From the Bottom of My Heart

2011-12-19 Thread Ronald Forkner
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Re: [Flexradio] audio grunge

2011-12-19 Thread Brett Gazdzinski
Same version of psdr off the cd that came with the 3000. I noticed that if I use the receive EQ its much worse. I also noticed changing the level in the RX eq does not seem to do much if anything. I have it all the way down. Brett N2DTS - Original Message - From: "Tim Ellison" To:

Re: [Flexradio] AMD chip

2011-12-19 Thread Eric Lowell
FWIW, I am using that MB with an Athlon II quad-core 640 in it with Win7 64-bit and 8 gB ram. It seems to be more than up to the task so far. 2 comments- 1) don't use the PCI-e slot for firewire. and 2) the on board video has a VGA and DVI output, dual monitors run fine. Best Regards, Eric On

Re: [Flexradio] AMD chip

2011-12-19 Thread Tim Ellison
A few questions. You said.. I ran the 3000 on the laptop and did not hear the grunge So am I to assume that you are experiencing the distorted audio issue only on your desktop? What this using the same version of PowerSDR on both machines? You asked.. Does the radio use the sound card in

Re: [Flexradio] AMD chip

2011-12-19 Thread Brett Gazdzinski
Well, I ran the 3000 on the laptop and did not hear the grunge. So I tried the other (TI chipset) firewire card, still grunge, moved the via chipset firewire card into the pci slot from the pci-e slot, same grunge, moved the usb mouse and keyboard from the back to the front usb ports, still the

Re: [Flexradio] Off Topic-Source for Linear 24v-33v Power Supply

2011-12-19 Thread K0DAN
I have bought several bare computer power supply boards from Mouser/Digikey/others which have 24/12/5V DC outputs with decent current. Think they've been in the $20-$30 range. Have also had to buy a project box and nickel-dime hardware to install/package/connectorize them, but they have worked

[Flexradio] Off Topic-Source for Linear 24v-33v Power Supply

2011-12-19 Thread Jim Jannuzzo
Anyone know where one can purchase an RFI-quiet AC adapter/ power supply for a DC load of 2 amps @ 24 volts to 33 volts ? Probably linear, but a quiet switcher would be fine. Cheap is better than expensive. This is for non-Flex ham gear.Jim KJ2P

Re: [Flexradio] AMD chip

2011-12-19 Thread Neal Campbell
Actually I think delay through the system is away more important than anything except the mix of programs and services in the system. One of the things I have learned through installing and supporting hundreds of these computers is that consistency is the name of the game, along with latency. The

Re: [Flexradio] AMD chip

2011-12-19 Thread Brett Gazdzinski
The $400.00 wall mart Acer computer I got (AMD quad core) runs 40 us. It averages under that. The Sony laptop runs about 1200, but it does run glitchless, if slow. I suspect there is more to performance then the delay through the system. The wall mart computer runs things fine with all the buffer

Re: [Flexradio] AMD chip

2011-12-19 Thread Richard Clafton
A patch was released and pulled 48 hours ago for the Bulldozer FX chips. This was supposed to fix the threading logic. They pulled it because it was released prematurely. http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2592546/ More info on the patch... http://www.xbitlabs.com/news/cpu/display/20111215191

Re: [Flexradio] AMD chip

2011-12-19 Thread dan edwards
which ram sticks did you go with, tim?  73, w5xz, dan --- On Mon, 12/19/11, Tim Ellison, W4TME wrote: From: Tim Ellison, W4TME Subject: Re: [Flexradio] AMD chip To: flexradio@flex-radio.biz Date: Monday, December 19, 2011, 2:48 PM Neal just told me... "Right now I would recommend the Asrock 8

Re: [Flexradio] AMD chip

2011-12-19 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
Window is extremely clever about multi-core, multi-thread, and NUMA scheduling. Applications programmers are, by and large, still learning how to write efficient applications that take full advantage of multiple processors running in parallel. We could have a whole mailing list just to discuss

Re: [Flexradio] AMD chip

2011-12-19 Thread Tony Estep
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 9:22 AM, Neal Campbell wrote: >...multi-core processing (which > windows and programmers are not ready to accommodate)... Neal, I am interested in this comment. I am no OS expert, but I do have an application that seems to take full advantage of my multi-core m

Re: [Flexradio] AMD chip

2011-12-19 Thread Neal Campbell
I did a test last month with a FX-4100 4 core CPU that is supposedly clocked at 3.6-3.8GHz and I really felt it wasn't as good as a X4-955. Now, AMD has priced it in the same range as the X4-955 so its in direct competition with it. It seemed like PowerSDR was faster on the FX-4100 but the rest of

Re: [Flexradio] AMD chip

2011-12-19 Thread Peter G. Viscarola
Neal's advice and Jim's advice is solid, and matches my experience. Just to expand on and emphasize something Jim mentioned in passing: One thing to keep in mind as you shop is that "latest and greatest" is not always best: You should avoid the AMD FX-series ("bulldozer") chips at this point.

Re: [Flexradio] AMD chip

2011-12-19 Thread Neal Campbell
Hi all I assumed the question was on low-cost systems since thats the world that AMD occupies now. With the X4 955 and 965 living in the sub-140 buck range its hard to compete with that. Mr. Fite found a Black Friday sale where the x6 1100T was in that same price range (and if you see that, send m

Re: [Flexradio] AMD chip

2011-12-19 Thread Jim Jannuzzo
A.) I am not Neal. B.) My motto is "often wrong, never in doubt." The old standard AMD Phenom II 955, and the newer AMD CPU's (not the Bulldozer line) with integrated on-chip graphics are value leaders. I found I needed more oomph than an AMD 955 after I installed an RX2, and wanted to use 192

Re: [Flexradio] AMD chip

2011-12-19 Thread Tim Ellison, W4TME
Neal just told me... "Right now I would recommend the Asrock 880GM-LE micro-ATX board with the AMD X4 970 chip, its an absolute smoker!! I did one this weekend and its really (really) fast and really cheap." -Tim --- Tim Ellison, W4TME Product Management, Sales & Support FlexRadio Systems^(TM

Re: [Flexradio] AMD chip

2011-12-19 Thread Tim Ellison
It was probably an ASROCK board with an AMD Phenom II CPU. Tim Ellison On 12/19/2011 7:33 AM, pierceday wrote: Several months ago someone (Neal?) wrote of a particular AMD chip and board combination that was preferred over others for SDR computers. Could anyone help me out with that info? Th

[Flexradio] AMD chip

2011-12-19 Thread pierceday
Several months ago someone (Neal?) wrote of a particular AMD chip and board combination that was preferred over others for SDR computers. Could anyone help me out with that info? Thanks, Pierce W4ZDI ___ FlexRadio Systems Mailing List FlexRadio@fl