Yes having more RAM is always useful but it's the fact that one is forced to add hubs and hang ones peripheral SSDs off the modern laptop plus the huge price tag that continues to put me off upgrading to a new laptop based system! Indeed the i7 chip was new on the block back then and no doubt the modern equivalent is a fair bit faster however how fast does one really need?! As I said I run huge orchestral mockups on my 2012 no problem even before needing to freeze any tracks. I was fed up with the bulk and non portability of a machine that wasn't giving me any comparable increase in efficiency. I often have Turbo Boost Switcher running when using these as it stops the fan starting up and only has a minor effect on overall real-time DAW performance (though for rendering, re-enabling Turbo Boost makes sense).Ĭlick to expand.I actually went from the latest G5 at the time to the 2012 MBP. Krotos Concept is another one that eats processor time when the window's open. ExpressiveE's Noisy is perhaps the most bizarre as it seems to update at some insane rate judging by the CPU consumption when it's window is open but it's often just moving three or four controls (this seems to be exacerbated by some changes Apple made to rendering that unless plugin writers are really careful means the entire window gets redrawn each time).

I agree that some plugins have got a bit too carried with the animation update rate.

Click to expand.If Avenger is chewing up too much GPU, there is a setting tucked away that will rein it in a bit - go to the Sys tab in the middle of the plugin and down the bottom there's a setting called FPS Mode, with three values - Eco, Mid, and Hammer That Fan (jk about the last one).

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