Client tries to drive me insane.

theforce · 30 Oct 2009 at 17:11

I recently built a new PC for a customer consisted of an AMD 620, 785G motherboard and 4GB of RAM. He is insisting that this new build is no faster than his old Athlon XP.

I am telling him that cannot be the case or that his program he is using most of the time (Logic 5.5) is very dated(2003) and does not utilize the power of the new system properly.

Can someone else shed some light into this so that next time l am tell him the new hardware is much faster than his old Athlon XP he doesn't say l am crazy or smt.

Thanks.

AshD93 · 30 Oct 2009 at 17:26

Maybe demonstrate the new found power with a program installed on both computers and ran side by side???

rhysduck · 30 Oct 2009 at 17:31

AshD93 said:
Maybe demonstrate the new found power with a program installed on both computers and ran side by side???

+1

What about running some benchmark tools for him to see the proof? :confused:

adwol48 · 30 Oct 2009 at 17:34

just run something like sandra and compare the results of the two machines or something that likes more cores maybe video transcoding.

ETNiES · 30 Oct 2009 at 18:29

Your client would be what most people call an idiot

As the others said some benchmarking if he really won't leave you alone.

theforce · 31 Oct 2009 at 13:30

I am afraid his old PC is no longer functional since his old HDD kicked the bucket while transfering files to the new PC. It was during the third time l told him not to move the old HDD while it is moving files he required to his new PC.

I shall run some benchmarks. Thanks for the replies guys.

Zenduri · 31 Oct 2009 at 13:35

This is why I have a general dislike for dense people. Tell him to write to AMD and complain

Shakeel · 31 Oct 2009 at 14:27

HybridX said:
This is why I have a general dislike for dense people. Tell him to write to AMD and complain

lol this

Muel · 31 Oct 2009 at 14:49

I'd send him a link to this topic personally. Sir, you are a peasant. Back to the field with you, birds are gathering.

Memphis · 31 Oct 2009 at 15:00

Tell the client where to shove the PC, that oughta do it

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EsaT · 31 Oct 2009 at 19:36

theforce said:
his old HDD kicked the bucket while transfering files to the new PC. It was during the third time l told him not to move the old HDD while it is moving files

Now what can you say to that...
http://woozers.files.wordpress.com/2009/10/double-facepalm.jpg

HaX · 1 Nov 2009 at 09:49

I would probably advise him that it is possibly because the program he is using isn't designed to take advantage of multicore CPUs, or the amount of RAM installed in his PC.

Out of interest, he doesn't have anything stupid like Norton installed and slowing down his PC does he?

theforce · 1 Nov 2009 at 13:15

HaX said:
I would probably advise him that it is possibly because the program he is using isn't designed to take advantage of multicore CPUs, or the amount of RAM installed in his PC.

Out of interest, he doesn't have anything stupid like Norton installed and slowing down his PC does he?

Nope, nothing from norton installed from PC.

MagicBoy · 1 Nov 2009 at 13:24

5 seconds on google revealed this as the top hit :

Although it’s a multi-threaded application, Logic 5.5.1 for Windows is not really optimised for multiple processors, so only one of the cores is likely to get much of a workout. However, there’s a partial workaround, using the I/O Helper plug-in available from Logic version 5.2 onwards, which can force any plug-ins on a track with it inserted to run on a second core, so that you can use lots more plug-ins/instruments overall (there’s a more detailed description on Universal Audio’s web site at www.uaudio.com/webzine/2003/may/index5.html). Logic Audio 5.5.1 also has a problem if more than 1GB of system RAM is installed (see http://community.sonikmatter.com/forums/lofiversion/index.php/t8032.html for some suggestions on this one), and also has problems running some VST plug-ins. It’s unlikely to benefit from a quad-core processor at all, and I wouldn’t recommend running it on a new quad-core PC, so its shelf-life is looking increasingly limited.

Sorry - can't provide the link as they sell stuff.