[OKDXA] FT8 and computer question

[dan edwards]

 yes, that seems to be the case.
here, I use JTDX, since for me, it seems a little better.  I use FT 8 on 160m all the time, digging for puny weak dx in the noise.
And, if anything, JTDX seems to be even more processor intensive! I think of it as just more digital noise filtering...Recently, i replaced my CPU, an AMD Ryzen 3 (4 cores, 4 threads) with a Ryzen 7 (8 cores, 16 threads), and have noticed an improvement, especially in speed. ram remains same at 8 gigs.
JM2C, good luck komrad, w5xz, dan 
    On Sunday, June 27, 2021, 01:52:30 PM CDT, John Geiger <af5cc2 at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 Since some of us use FT8 for DXing and VHF work, I thought maybe someone on
the list might have an answer to this question.  For the past 3 years I
have been running FT8 using WSJT-X on a Lenevo Thinkpad which uses an AMD
E1-7500 AMU processor running at 1.4GHZ and has 4GB of RAM.  It was acting
up the other day so I decided to do a full reset on it, wiping the hard
drive and reinstalling Windows 10.  This ended up taking a while so I
hooked up my other laptop to see what was going on on FT8.  It is a HP
Elitebook with an Intel I5-5300U processor running at 2.4GHZ and has 8 GB
of RAM.  I immediately noticed that the decoded lines filled up the screen
much quicker on the Elitebook.

So, is having a faster, more powerful processor like the Intel I5 likely to
lead to more stations decoded on FT8 than I would get with the slower
processor?  I kind of prefer to take the Elitebook traveling with me, but
if it will lead to significantly better decoding, I will leave it in the
shack running remotely and take the Lenevo with me when traveling.

73 John AF5CC
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