An unofficial result of a recent stress test undertaken by one of the MIR Beta testers:
Primary System: I really have not been able to stress it.128 latency: roughly 50-55 instruments @ 65-70% cpu
512 latency: 80 @ roughly 65-70%
1024: over 100 instruments @ 75%
Like Dietz, I used Perf Legato patches for each instrument. Same line with adjusted ranges. Buffer @ 1. Bringing buffer up allowed me even more cpu room to work with.
... this was on a new built-to-the-task system.
HTH,
/Dietz - Vienna Symphonic Library