[Skimmertalk] CPU needs for skimmer server

[Pete Smith]

Hi Martin - I'm surprised.  I'm currently using an E2200 under Win7 Home 
at 96 KHZ bandwidth on 7 bands, and on a typical day it shows 28-30 
percent CPU.  I'm away from home right now so can't really verify, but 
IIRC Alex uses a slightly confusing way of stating the CPU usage., which 
makes it seem worse than it is on a multi-core processor.

73,
Pete N4ZR

On 4/20/2012 5:06 AM, Martin Rath wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> I finaly decided myself for an active antenna from Clifton laboratories
> and the results are great !
>
> Noz I have a small issue with my computer ! I'm getting CPU limited. The
> computer isn't that old (3 years ) but back then I bought an E5200 dual
> core that now is usually at about 70% to 90% of use. As I use the computer
> also for logging and web browsing I would like to give it a kick.
>
> The Skimmer Server page mentions an I7 2600 : Is such a powerfull CPU
> really needed if your antenna farm isn'l like the one from W3LPL, K3LR or
> K1TTT ? :-)
>
> One the last Japanse contest weekend I recorded about 5000 spots on the
> Sunday. My skimmer doesn't seem to drop any callsign and it says that 100%
> of the stations are decoded.
>
> Any feedback is welcome before I run out and go buy a new CPU - motherboard
> - memory bundle !.
>
> Best 73's de Martin 9V1RM/F8UKP
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