
acidrock
GO PACKERS!
You are comparing apples to monkeys. On my old PC (2.4gHz P4) with 3 UAD-1s, maxing out all cards results in a change in CPU usage of about 4%. The power of the cards and the CPU is roughly equal in my case.
I just so happen to have a P4 2.4 with three cards and if it weren't for the cards I would've need a new computer years ago.I could never run the amount of plugs/tracks/vstis without the cards,so for me at least the dsp power is important.
