Sun May 31, 2020 12:51 am
I have had the 2004 update installed and running for a couple of hours on my Hauptwerk computer (i7-5820K, MSI X-99A motherboard, 128 Gb RAM). If you are currently running a 1903 or 1909 update, and (like I was) experiencing a continuous heavy stream of CPU spikes, you may find the 2004 update to be an improvement. Still lots of movement on the Hauptwerk CPU meter, but confined mostly to the green. Playing now on Hereford, Goerlitz, and the big Rotterdam set, the sound is clean and clear with no audible distortion, dropouts, or extraneous sounds, even with the meter occasionally in the red.
It is still far short from ideal.
In update1903 (not 1909) I had some limited success tamping down the CPU spikes by disabling CPU throttling, killing off part of Cortana and Bing, and disabling some other unwanted stuff. Please, please, please those of you that are able to fix these issues in 2004, share your success stories here on the forum. I don't know about others, but I need all the help I can get. My thanks to you in advance!
Stay safe!
And many thanks to Ed (engrssc) for sending me some helpful stuff.