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Maciej

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Subject : RE: Windows 7 and i7 processor
Posted : 7/1/2018 11:42 AM
Post #44912 - In reply to #44910

Gentlemen,
I understand your logic for the Apple option. I happen to use a Kaby Lake Windows I7 (3.7 gHZ + boots [typically rinning @ 4.2-4.3]) on an ASUS motherboard (Intel Optane/SSD/16GB RAM) and also an Apple Macbook Pro 15 (mid 2012) also with an I7 (2.3 gHz) using Parallels and frankly there's no comparison. The more modern Win10 bests the Apple hands down. It may be of course the way I've setup Win10 as a VM under OSX but whereas the speeds were broadly similar with similar generations of Intel processors the world has really moved on.
I regularly "encourage" Nirvana to move to 64bit/multi-threading but it seems these encouragements fall on deaf ears. Nirvana IMHO will only update to multi-threading when they stop earning enough from the regular updates/add-ons so I'm waiting on the final straw that will break Nirvana's business model. This is a real pity as I feel that OT is a natural candidate for multi-threading after all each symbol is handled separately so why not process 16+ threads at the same time the only bottleneck is likely to be i/o. Most software be it for PC or mainframe that was written in the 80s & 90s suffers from this single threading rigidity and I was running OT 2.5 (in 1997-98 in case you ask).
As we're running single thread you should aim for a processor with a low core count and a very high speed (4.0+) GHz. I've asked Nirvana which processors would be most suited for this type of processing but so far no reply. The SSD is a given, all system/work/Nirvana files should be on the SSD, ideally you'll use the fastest SSD which currently are the M2 based ones (NVME?) but for that you need to the latest I7/motherboards. You don't even need a big SSD as the symbol data is well packed.
My view is that for $700-$800 you should be able to get an excellent Win10 / OT specific race-horse. Look at the Xeon's speed unless its higher than the latest I7's/AMD's then you're likely to be disappointed. OT doesn't try to make use of any other processors (DSP/graphics etc.) so there's nothing to be gained from the MacPro's graphics.
Hope this helps.


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