I'm thinking of getting a new workstation pc for music production (currently using Athlon XP 2200+ stock, 1.5GHZ of RAM). I'm either going to build this myself or order the parts and pay someone to do it. My comp will certainly not be mainly for gaming, but I am certainly reserving consideration for the new comp to be able to play pc games well (e.g. half life episode 2, bioshock, it sounds like a great game) so I am already prepared to spend a bit on a good video card... anyways check this out I read this on the software developer's site "If you plan to buy a computer specifically for Reason, select a processor that is renowned for high floating point arithmetic performance." I am not familiar at all with high floating point arithmetic performance.
My question however is this: What benchmark test is relevant, when wanting to find out a cpu's ability to perform well in high floating point arithmetic? It is safe to assume that a cpu that scores high in game testing benchmarks is synonymous to performing high in floating point arithmetic?
I know this may sound like a dumb question, but any advice would be great.
Very good site btw.
My question however is this: What benchmark test is relevant, when wanting to find out a cpu's ability to perform well in high floating point arithmetic? It is safe to assume that a cpu that scores high in game testing benchmarks is synonymous to performing high in floating point arithmetic?
I know this may sound like a dumb question, but any advice would be great.
Very good site btw.