I have the same system you have, with 1gb ram. I guess that will be good, because we could
accurately compare notes.
So, everything you said - i confirmed pretty much on my system.
(FM Transmitter Soft preset, CPU Quality Normal) - everything on: mine is 18-21%
So far, I haven't run anything above 44.1 khz. I have no need for Encoding or RDS
since the fm transmitter does that for me -- so I have that part of it turned off.
With the FM Transmitter (US, Stereo) preset -- these are my findings on the 2.4Ghz:
(These are about 15 seconds into the song so that everything settles down for a reading)
Everything Turned on (Normal Quality): 27-32%
Loudness Slider to minimum: 24-25%
Untick HQ on Multiband:0-4%
RESET EVERYTHING for another test:
Everything Turned on (Normal Quality): 27-32%
Untick HQ on Multiband: 16-21%
Untick Final Pre-Limiter: 7-10%
Loudness Slider to minimum: 0-4%
On another machine (a slower P3-733Mhz) -- you can see how much effect the
final pre-limiter has on it. But, I won't go there -- this is 2008
RESET EVERYTHING for another test:
Everything Turned on (Normal Quality): 27-32%
Untick HQ on Multiband: 16-21%
Untick FM Transmitter $: 7-11%
Untick Stereo Image: 0-4%
RESET EVERYTHING for another test:
Everything Turned on (High Quality): 100%
Loudness Slider to minimum: 30-33%
Untick HQ on Multiband: 8-11%
Untick FM Transmitter $: 0-4%
RESET EVERYTHING for another test:
Everything Turned on (High Quality): 100%
Untick FM Transmitter $: 80-83%
Note: Only thing checked in there is 75
us
END of tests.
Just for giggles -- I went back to version 2.1 to recheck it (even though it shouldn't be compared between the 2 versions)
I couldn't get it any higher than 5% no matter what I did.