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And yes Sp1 fixes a few things that will probably increase performance for a music pc. There was an issue with applications loading too slowly, another with foreground applications not being given correct priority, and a usb fix--all included with sp1.

Hello!

I know that ideally SP-1 should be installed directly after XP but I am now installing it over my installation cause I cant be bothered at the moment to format my C: drive and start from scratch again!... Lets see if SP-1 helps...
As far as the AGP drivers are concerned: I dont have them installed as I can see from the DXdiag. But they do no exist in the ASUS CD-Rom either! Are you sure that I should have them and that I should install them? If yes, then where could I find them? Is Asus P4T533C supposed to have them? Please help on that. Maybe this is the cause of everything...

Cheers!

On mine it was an option from the menu which came up after I inserted the CD. I have auto insert notify still turned on.

If you can't find them on the CD I would call ASUS. Telephone usually works better for me than email support.

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What drivers are you looking for? Your AGP driver is hardware specific. I think you mention Matrox550 - get the driver here:
http://www.matrox.com/mga/support/drive ... t/home.cfm
And after you install it, disable bus mastering.

/dave

I'm talking about the AGP drivers for the motherboard. That is different.

Here's the driver download site for your mboard:
http://www.asus.com/support/download/it ... e=P4T533-C

Here's the Intel 850 chipset drivers which handle USB and AGP functions:
http://downloadfinder.intel.com/scripts ... ductID=572

/dave

Hello!

First of all, I want to thank you from my heart for trying to help me out and for providing the links for me! You are so kind! I really believe that PlanetZ is the best forum in the Net, with the most kind people!
Now, back to my problem.... I had a look again at the links you gave me (although I had them in my "Favourites" already). All the stuff that is relevant there I had it downloaded and installed already (I am referring to the Matrox G550 drivers, to the Intel Ap Accelerator and to the 850E Chipset drivers). [I tell you that I have done the most careful DAW installation one could do!]

I decided to do a test again with a test project. My test project had the following features (which are typical for the stuff I do):
- SX2 with 2 audio tracks and an instance of Amplitube Amp Simulator on each track
- 4 midi tracks routed to GigaStudio with samples about 1GB
- 1 VSTi (Trilogy) with samples about 150MB
- SFP mode with the Direct Mixer and the ASIO2 and the GSIF drivers.

The only way I could make it work was with the ULLI set to 23ms @44.1, and still I had occasional pops and clips every 2-3 seconds or so. I tried the same thing without Gigastudio and still clicks and pops.

I borrowed Samplitude 7 from a friend and loaded the same project with some differences:
- On the 2 audio tracks I inserted 2 instances of the RoomSimulator, at the highest quality with good quality impulse responses.
- In SFP I added lots of PEQ4 and MasterVerbs on the GSIF tracks
ULLI= 3ms @44.1KHz

The result?? My project lasts 3.5 minutes. For these 3.5 minutes I DID NOT have a single clip or pop!!! And the project was SO much heavier than the one I had in SX!

SO, it seems that there is no problem with my DAW and the way it is set up. But there is something conflicting with SX...
If Samplitude 7 had the same GUI and MIDI functions as SX, I would jump unquestionably to the Sam7 side... But, the way it is and looks now makes me HATE IT!

I really dont know what to do anymore!...

With what could SX be conflicting? The Pulsar audio cards? The Matrox G550 graphics card? Or with the Intel 850E chipset? Because there is nothing else in my PC!!!

Oh, and talking about how my DAW is set up....
From the moment I took out the Pulsar 1 card I had installed in the beggining (I had 3 CW cards), I have NEVER experienced a single PCI Master Overflow. I can load LOADS of MasterVerbs at 96KHz and no problem...

I just built a new ASUS/Wintel and I can play the gigapiano using the lowest ULLI in the SFP for the first time. This is great!

Hello to all!

PROBLEMS SOLVED!!!

Ok, it is just unbelievable what has happened... Some of you may remember me telling that I used to to work with SX in the past experiencing no problems at all and enjoying latencies down to 1ms... But its been 4-5 months recently that I am complaining about having problems with SX...
What has happened since then? And why SX was not working although I have a very decent machine?....
....
....
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The answer is:
"Tascam GigaStudio"

Yep, that is right! I uninstalled for no apparent reason Gigastudio about an hour ago... All SX problems automatically were gone!! I installed it again and problems were back! Uninstalled it once again...and problems gone again!
I am not talking about using Gigastudio and SX at the same time. I am talking about just having Gigastudio installed. Even when Giga is not running, there is a service called Msg32, which is the connexant stream driver, which seems to kill SX!
So, SX problems now solved and I am very happy about that!
BUT....
Gigastudio is gone too! Which means I still cant have my work done!

Samplitude seemed to be happy running along Giga but SX didnt. So, I am now asking for help from all of you Gigastudio users.
Which sequencer do you use?
Which Gigastudio version?

Is there anybody with Intel 850E chipset, SX and Gigastudio on the same machine who doesnt experience any problems? If yes, I need your help!
I am finally getting there...

Gigastudio users please show up!

Hello to all!

I finally found out what I have to do to overcome the SX and Giga problem!
OK: for all those who are using or want to use SX and Gigastudio in the future:
You have to set the priority of Msg32.exe to High instead of Realtime, as it is set automatically by Gigastudio. And better to have the priority of SX set to High as well.

I want to apologise to Steinberg for blaming them for something that was Gigastudio's fault! I am really sorry, I feel like an asshole!

Finally, I want to thank ALL of you who contributed to this thread and who tried to help me! Thanks a lot my friends!!! I owe you a lot!

Topic closed.

On that occation, would anyone know how you can set priority levels automatic on startup of the apps instead of having to access the Task Manager? I remember this was possible with a "-hi" command or something in the short cuts for the pre-NT Windows series.

put it in tips and tricks.

I'm going to eventually have a separate computer for the gigastudio. That's the best way.

Regarding priority, you might want to look at these links:

http://www.planetz.com/forums/viewtopic ... 95&forum=3


http://www.planetz.com/forums/viewtopic ... 88&forum=3

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