Rev C hardware versus Rev B?

[emunity]

Is the difference only the Motherboard and processor? Is all the other hardware the same. Same Sound card same Power supply?

I have an old rev b and I can get the MSI K8MM-v board for about $50 US and the ML-44 TUrion processor with 1 meg cache instead of the 512 for about $270. Reason I ask is because I want to update my rev b to a rev c and have a better processor as well.

So it comes down to the Power supply and sound card in the Rev B. Is it the same in the Rev c? Can't think of any other possible hardware differences?

[c3boy]

I really can't see any significant difference in updating. I have 400mhz DDR3200 2GB in my Rev B and it's fast enough with 200GB drive. Im not falling into the trap of many PC users who feel there six month old technology is outdated. I'll bet you can't tell any noticeable difference between the two revisions, im not fussed about knocking an extra couple of seconds of my load time etc. Just my opinion though.

[thesoundsmith]

A lot will depend on how hard you push the envlope. My rig looks like it has plenty of room (CPU at 53%, memory about the same) but when I start pushing it (lots of conotroller activity and pitch bend and volume pedal at the same time) it is right on the ragged edge. I don't believe the slower processor would cut it. But it would be a relatively small difference (remove one of the less-used instrument plugs to be playable again.

Load time - who cares, once it's stable. It's performance anxiety we're talking about,,,

[PhilMuller]

More Power... More Power... More Power... Yeah!

[Bryan@MuseResearch]

There is a slight difference between the Rev B and Rev C units, but most people would be hard pressed to tell the difference. The RAM bus in the Rev C is slightly faster, so this makes a slight difference in performance with samplers. Also, the larger L2 cache in the Turion we use delivers slightly better DSP performance. Will you notice the difference? Probably not unless they were side by side, but the thing you WOULD notice is that the Rev C unit runs much cooler, and as a result it is also quieter since we were able to back off the CPU fan.

Just so you know we aren't leaving you all out in the cold, you can upgrade a Rev B to a Rev C unit, please contact info@museresearch if you are interested in the update. Users cannot upgrade their own units since we modify the motherboards to support the front panel...

Honestly, alot of the performance in Receptor comes from the software, and we're constantly adding new features and optimizations that make Receptor an instrument and not a computer in a fancy box!

Regards

Groovology

[thesoundsmith]

Just so you know we aren't leaving you all out in the cold, you can upgrade a Rev B to a Rev C unit, please contact info@museresearch if you are interested in the update. Users cannot upgrade their own units since we modify the motherboards to support the front panel...

It is very cool - and significant - that Muse is willing to update older units. Great decision, I hope you will be able to do this as Rev C becomes outmoded and newer, more CPU-intensive plugs become available. Thanks, guys.

Honestly, alot of the performance in Receptor comes from the software, and we're constantly adding new features and optimizations that make Receptor an instrument and not a computer in a fancy box!

And that's the other reason for maintaining an upgrade path. All the new features require more horsepower. But we DEFINITELY want the new features...

[TedRackley]

Actually, the CPU is usually not the thing that maxxes out. With all of these disk streaming plugins, it is usually the disk. When is Seagate coming out with a 125,000 RPM 750 Terabyte hard drive?

[Bryan@MuseResearch]

I heard its in beta and ships by Halloween...