Oh, I see
I use the onboard intel gfx, but I cant and wont disable it from bios, otherwise I couldnt access to the computer in case of problem without a spare vga card which I dont have.

Thank you very much! I will do it once I get the new ram.

It is quite astonishing, though, how just using RDC causes out of memory errors at a rate 20 times more than when using the computer directly.

I remember i was doing something with the ramdisk in(putting XXE in there or copying the files i guess).
I got a good deal for 2x8GB, which added to the 2x2GB currently installed makes 20GB.
I'm going this route.

Then I could make a 8GB ramdisk for files, correct? Too much?
I'll never be able to put the OS in there, just files and/or xxhe.

Allright, for some reason, using RDC I'm still getting several out of memory errors.
I'm getting a ram upgrade ASAP. So, it will either be 12GB or 20GB total (I could switch the 8GB from my work computer, which is still DDR3 and get the "new" 16GB set there).

Do I need 20GB, Peter?

I googled and found it on windowsiso site, which has links from Microsoft servers, therefore it's 100% original and safe.

Here you go:
http://windowsiso.net/windows-10-iso/windows-10-anniversary-update-1607-download-build-14393-0/windows-10-anniversary-update-1607-iso-download-standard/

I think I got this one.

I haven't tried minOS yet.
I just got rid of defender using group policy and I'm gonna play for a hour or two before reporting anything new.

I did get Out of memory even with 2.00/2.00 straight contiguous (sigh) when defender was on.
So I'm going 2/2 with mixed contiguous. Will report anything new, and update my signature accordingly.
Things in task manager look good (4% cpu, 20% memory) so maybe I'm fine now.

Hey, sorry Peter, I just reported the default values I had before.

I just finished to do all the optimizations provided in xxhe and 3 reboots
SFS 2.00 (max 2.00) straight contiguous - I'm gonna test this. This should be error-free. IF so, i'll move up to 4 and then to 10.19 later on (my goal).
Otherwise I will upgrade the memory to 8GB.

I'll try to play a full album (attended, not with RDC yet) and see if I have hiccups.

BTW I did fire up task manager before and the memory and CPU uses are very low. Something else was acting up I think, probably just needed some optimizations I didn't do manually (like disable defender - the biggest memory user I had).
I will update everything here.

I put SFS 2 and...
I'm gonna try to play something until you read my Paypal email and send me the activation code

I have 4GB of ram. Maybe doubling it to 8GB is a better upgrade than a CPU with 4c/8t?
I'll open task manager and see what's going on. I think I have to disable sleep mode for the local HDD where the music is stored - the default windows setting is nuts.

Since it's still in demo mode, which settings are memory hogs? SFS is mixed (cannot be changed) at 14MB max 150 (defaults). I was using mixed contiguous in the old version on w7.
I'd like it to work better, where I can at least play a full album without interruptions or errors before paying for it. I'm sure you understand my frustration.

TBH if that doesn't cut it, i'll have to go back to my stable version and W7 (which is home version and doesn't support RDC), or use a different player to keep control from tablet.

Doh, my luck. Guess the version I'm using?

Allright, RDC works after the typical MS bullsh*t I had to overcome.

But xxhe 2.09 is VERY buggy, more than when used locally.
It basically cannot play more than 1-2 tracks (attended), then the next one just doesn't start. Stop and play doesn't fix it, I have to shut down and launch xxhe again. Extremely annoying.

On top of this I get occasionally these errors:
-"out of" popups (the last word is truncated)
-engine 1 and 2 are obsolete.... (I'm using engine4)
- some other error I dont remember.

Still, I think it sounds a little better with monitor powered off. I'll update after I activate the software and play with the more advanced settings. Then i'll post any actual error in the other section.

Strange bass yes, detached from the rest.
Overall sound is not too bad, though, z-4.1 was the very best on windows7.

And the usb3 card sounds better than the mainboard (which I think is shared with keyboard and mouse... yes still haven't switched to remote desktop... need to finish the OS swapping) but the cable is a plain belkin one.

And 2.09 is still in demo mode, it can only get better when I tweak it.

I think I found it, and also where is the two settings everybody is using

But I'm gonna start with yours for the generic system first:

Q1/-/3/4/5 = 14/-/1/1/1 / Q1Factor = 1
Memory = Straight Contiguous / Include Garbage Collect / SFS = 0.10  (max 60)

then 10.19 (max 120) and then 20.19 and report my finding here. After the weekend.

After the very first comparisons, I can say with a certain sureness that I'm not going back to windows7 ever.
That drive will soon be wiped and removed from the PC.

Aside, I'll order a Lush cable soon.

Couldn't find anything. Which SFS do you use now? Is it 0.90 or something else, and why?

Because of my limited memory I have to use VERY LOW SFS so this interests me particularly.