From list@hartdyke.com Wed Oct 10 15:32:10 2012
Subject:Re: The Best Software Clone out there?


You have to be very careful what you are talking about when you (the OP)
say "latency". Usually, you should only have to consider the quality of
the sound hardware and drivers. If you have an external sound card and
ASIO drivers, you should be fine.

However, other hardware can steal interrupts for too long if they have
badly written drivers. I have what was a top-of-the-line Sony laptop
from 2-3 years ago (i7 quad-core processor, 8Gb RAM). However, the
network interface has to be disabled to make it usable for music (even
with an external interface and ASIO drivers).

Get the DPC latency checker to see if you have a similar issue:
http://www.thesycon.de/eng/latency_check.shtml. It won't tell you what
the problem is, but it will indicate if there is one that needs sorting.

If necessary, you can disable devices one by one in the Windows Device
Manager until you find the culprit(s!)

Toby