[Elecraft] Elecraft Digest, Vol 69, Issue 53

[Leigh L. Klotz Jr WA5ZNU]

This may be OS dependent, or it may be due to hidden sample rate conversions
in the drivers.
I use the EMU-0202 with Quisk for LP-PAN and Griffin iMic with fldigi
simultaneously on Linux and don't notice this level of CPU load at all. 

Leigh/WA5ZNU


N8LP wrote:
> 
> I think you'll find that the FW card takes fewer resources than a USB
> card, at least that's what I've found as a general rule. On my system
> anyway, the PCI sound cards take the least resources, followed by FW,
> followed by USB. The same is generally true of serial ports. If you have a
> desktop PC, always lean towards PCI interfaces rather than USB if you have
> the slots to do so.
> 
> FWIW, I have 6 sound cards installed on a 2.8GHz P4 without problems, but
> the USB cards add about 50% to the CPU load when they're running.
> 
> Larry N8LP
> 

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