If windows are open and running animations some of them can be really intensive, but drop to a fraction if their windows are shut down when you don't need to see them. Have you tried running the monitor at a lower resolution to see how it fares?Īlso, check whether plugin graphics are using up a lot of CPU cycles. The 4K monitor does tend to eat into the overall memory bandwidth because of the way the Mac Mini's graphics unit is set up. I never run sessions at a buffer size lower than 512, its either that or 1024 and still the issue persists. Don't know if this effects it, as I never really notice my drive meters spiking, only ever my CPU meter. I am still on Mojave, perhaps updating my OS and Logic and all my plugins might help?Īlso, I am running multiple external drives as well as the onboard drive for sample streaming. I do have a spare AMD graphics card lying around, and have been eyeing an external enclosure, but am wary of spending 300-400 dollars on something that may or may not improve my situation if there are other fixes I can try first. I run a 4k monitor at native resolution, and I know that the Mac Mini uses integrated graphics which eats up a lot of processing. What boggles my mind though is that I know for a fact I see other users using the same exact spec Mac Mini as I, with far better performance, running large sessions with tons of processing, AND screen recording at the same time. Certain libraries and plugins are worse culprits than others, particularly newer plugins with flashy GUI's.
However, I found that the performance has never quite been as buttery smooth as my PC was, and I find myself often battling with audio dropouts and overheating issues. The one I got has the maxed out processor, 64 gb of ram, 1tb ssd. The new Mac Mini caught my eye, as I could get just about the same specs as the PC I was using at the time for a fairly reasonable price. At the time, I didn't quite have the budget for a Mac Pro unless I wanted to live off of stale toast and ice water for the remainder of my time at college. So a couple years back, I switched back to using Apple products and Logic Pro.