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johnny.w · Post by **johnny.w** » Mon Mar 20, 2017 8:47 pm

Could anyone please suggest what computer specs would be adequate to run Diva, run it freely without worry? I am shopping for a new computer, and lean to laptops, but any suggestions would be helpful. Thanks much! (If there's a thread please direct me)

shroom81 · Post by **shroom81** » Mon Mar 20, 2017 9:21 pm

If you want the most cpu power for your'e money then a laptop is not the way to go.
I'd get a proper desktop for the studio and a laptop later for playing live, Intel 7700k is the current top dog for single thread processing which is what you want for audio. Diva runs fine btw on my 4 year old intel 3770k tho.

chk071 · Post by **chk071** » Mon Mar 20, 2017 9:29 pm

Ya. if you want processing power, go desktop.

Phil999 · Post by **Phil999** » Mon Mar 20, 2017 9:32 pm

it may be surprising to many that Diva runs quite well on a 2014 $300 Windows tablet. Diva is in Draft mode (the lowest) with one voice stack only, sampling rate is 44.1 kHz, buffer size 512 samples, so not the ideal platform, but just to give an impression that Diva can be played on a very slow CPU if it has 4 cores. And I think that's the point. If the CPU has 4 cores (and many current laptops have 2 cores today), the processing of Diva computation is evenly distributed to each core and makes it possible to have real-time performance.

Check out the recent thread started by Urs Heckmann about the new Ryzen CPU.

omiroad · Post by **omiroad** » Tue Mar 21, 2017 11:26 pm

An AMD Ryzen processor, apparently: viewtopic.php?f=31&t=480801

rod_zero · Post by **rod_zero** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 12:34 am

Thebest CPU you can afford, intel I7 7700k, the best Ryzen. Since the CPU is the most difficult part to replace if you build your own desktop I woould recommend to get the best you can afford, better save on RAM or hard drives which are more easily upgraded down the line.

V0RT3X · Post by **V0RT3X** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 2:47 am

Get a refurbished Macbook pro.

http://www.apple.com/shop/product/FLH42 ... lay-Silver

Chris-S · Post by **Chris-S** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 2:29 pm

Runs fine on my core i7 laptop.

johnny.w · Post by **johnny.w** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 3:34 pm

Thanks to all who answered my post! So far, leaning to a small form 5i, 8 ram.

omiroad · Post by **omiroad** » Wed Mar 22, 2017 10:22 pm

Just for your information, you don't need extra RAM for Diva.

diaper@ky · Post by **diaper@ky** » Thu Mar 23, 2017 3:32 pm

Laptop Xeons coming out this year with E3 1275 v6 will be top DAWg from that refresh.
Any i7 3700/4700/5700/6700/7700 are more than enough.
Multicore for Diva is well done.
Should play nicely with Kontakt too.

blue monk · Post by **blue monk** » Sat Mar 25, 2017 9:17 am

I would suggest 16GB RAM anyway. AMD Ryzen offer a lot of bang for the buck.
It will be interesting to see their Server versions of these CPUs. Some Xeons cost over $4,000 per CPU. If the upcoming AMD server CPUs are again priced 50 to 60% lower for the same power in most situations, then a CPU with more than 8 cores can become affordable.
AMD plans 32 core CPUs. Name: Naples.

Jax Pok · Post by **Jax Pok** » Mon Mar 27, 2017 10:15 pm

I run Diva easily with a first gen i7 CPU overclocked to 3.2Ghz. Diva will use around 200MB of RAM not even half a GB. Consider the amount of RAM based on how many sampled instruments you use you can always set the streaming amount if RAM gets low.

liquidsound · Post by **liquidsound** » Mon Mar 27, 2017 10:20 pm

http://www.boxx.com/guru/goboxx-mxl-vr? ... rkstations

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KVR Audio

Suggest computer power for Diva