• dayna
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  • Registered: 2007-08-04
  • Posts: 38

Topic: PCI Latency Tool - Ideal setting for HDSP 9652

Hi
I have been experiencing audio dropout on playback with my HDSP9652.(at various card Buffer Settings) I have installed software"PCI Latency Tool and was wondering what an ideal VALUE would be to try for the HDSP9652.
thanks in advance
Mike

  • Registered: 2008-05-23
  • Posts: 46

Re: PCI Latency Tool - Ideal setting for HDSP 9652

There's a simple rule for configuring the PCI Latency timers on any DAW. The PCI Latency timer settings can be thought of as setting the priorities for each device on the PCI bus: The higher the PCI Latency timer value, the higher the priority. For a DAW, arrange the priorities in decending order as follows (example settings are shown in brackets, but you should experiment to find the best settings for your system):

Audio DSP cards (all should be the same) [64 or 128 or 255]
Video Card [64 or 128]
Audio hard drive controller [48 or 64]
System BIOS [32 to 64]
Everything else [32]

Hope this helps.