One CPU for FS9 + GC + CDU + MCP + pmSys + pmInst

I am working on a one computer solution and wonder if anyone has had any
success?

My existing setup cranks along okay, albeit at 80-95% CPU load until I try to
run pmInstructor. This fantastic program pushes my system over the edge
and locks the program up.

Current hardware configuration
ASUS P5WD2 motherboard
PENTIUM D 820 CPU
TWO X800GT video cards (running four monitors)
2 gig ram

Contingent upon CPU feedback/comments recieved, I will be migrating to a
Gigabyte GA-8N SLI Quad Royal motherboard which supports four 16x PCI-e video
cards (8 monitors) and an appropriate CPU.

The CPU I'd love is the Intel 955 extreme edition because it has four
pipelines = four simultaneous programs. Is anyone running this venerable CPU?

I know I can go back to a multi machine environment... but one is so eloquent
(if it will work seamlessly).

Hope someone with some experience in this area can help with a few comments /
suggestions / reflections.

Best wishes and thanks


Greg Kernaghan
www.737NG.net

I don't see much problem in CPU power, but I don't believe in windows
handling multiple open-gl displays at same time plus a directX display
(FS).
I always got performance issues with multiple open-gl displays (M$ loves
directX).
More than that, are you thinking in connect many devices in this machine
for
pmSys ???
I'd build cheap machines (2.4 CPU) for softwares that don't ask much
performance.

Ulisses

"Greg Kernaghan" wrote in message
news:385150.77257@wb.onvix.com...
> I am working on a one computer solution and wonder if anyone has had any
> success?
>
> My existing setup cranks along okay, albeit at 80-95% CPU load until I
try
to
> run pmInstructor. This fantastic program pushes my system over the edge
> and locks the program up.
>
> Current hardware configuration
> ASUS P5WD2 motherboard
> PENTIUM D 820 CPU
> TWO X800GT video cards (running four monitors)
> 2 gig ram
>
> Contingent upon CPU feedback/comments recieved, I will be migrating to a
> Gigabyte GA-8N SLI Quad Royal motherboard which supports four 16x PCI-e
video
> cards (8 monitors) and an appropriate CPU.
>
> The CPU I'd love is the Intel 955 extreme edition because it has four
> pipelines = four simultaneous programs. Is anyone running this venerable
CPU?
>
> I know I can go back to a multi machine environment... but one is so
eloquent
> (if it will work seamlessly).
>
> Hope someone with some experience in this area can help with a few
comments /
> suggestions / reflections.
>
> Best wishes and thanks
>
>
> Greg Kernaghan
> www.737NG.net
>

Hello Greg,

what you describe is a nightmare to me, and the software is
in no way designed to do things this way. I am completely at
the mercy of so many variables, that I warmly suggest to
move one or two programs to another computer.

Ciao

Enrico

"Greg Kernaghan" wrote in message
news:385150.77257@wb.onvix.com...
>I am working on a one computer solution and wonder if
>anyone has had any
> success?
>
> My existing setup cranks along okay, albeit at 80-95% CPU
> load until I try to
> run pmInstructor. This fantastic program pushes my system
> over the edge
> and locks the program up.
>
> Current hardware configuration
> ASUS P5WD2 motherboard
> PENTIUM D 820 CPU
> TWO X800GT video cards (running four monitors)
> 2 gig ram
>
> Contingent upon CPU feedback/comments recieved, I will be
> migrating to a
> Gigabyte GA-8N SLI Quad Royal motherboard which supports
> four 16x PCI-e video
> cards (8 monitors) and an appropriate CPU.
>
> The CPU I'd love is the Intel 955 extreme edition because
> it has four
> pipelines = four simultaneous programs. Is anyone running
> this venerable CPU?
>
> I know I can go back to a multi machine environment... but
> one is so eloquent
> (if it will work seamlessly).
>
> Hope someone with some experience in this area can help
> with a few comments /
> suggestions / reflections.
>
> Best wishes and thanks
>
>
> Greg Kernaghan
> www.737NG.net
>

Thanks for the replies Ulisses and Enrico

...I understand the notion of multiple open GL environments being taxing on
system resources...

Enrico - can you explain technically why such a deployment would be a
nightmare to you as multiple PM programs seem to co-habitate quite happily on one
machine subject to video card and CPU headroom.

Besides the constraints of audio output from fs9 being contingent upon the
window being active, is there something else about such a system integration
that I have missed - perhaps from a programming point of view?

Thanks


gk

> Enrico - can you explain technically why such a deployment
> would be a
> nightmare to you as multiple PM programs seem to
> co-habitate quite happily on one machine subject to video
> card and CPU headroom.

It is not a programming thing... having just one window
active at the same time, even with 1000 pipes... this one PC
thing is something I have personally always tried to get
away from my very first days with FS4. It would be much
simpler to use an FS panel instead.

It must simply be me (an old DOS thing perhaps), I get
annoyed when I am forced to run 3 programs on the same PC.
;-)

Ciao

Enrico