Dual quadro fx 4600

[Joe Carney]

If I set up a workstation with 2 quadro fx 4600 cards on a mobo that supported dual PCIe 16x cards, would Scratch benefit from that.

I'm looking at either a supermicro or tyan workstation board, or one of the new 780i boards that support sli.

[David Birdy]

Hey Zeke,

I'm also looking at building a fast machine to process R3D files...
780i with multiple PCi slots is the way I may go.. + SATA drives
Why did you choose the Fx 4500 cards?

Dave

[Joe Carney]

Hey Zeke,

I'm also looking at building a fast machine to process R3D files...
780i with multiple PCi slots is the way I may go.. + SATA drives
Why did you choose the Fx 4500 cards?

Dave

I got a fx4600 off of ebay for a great price. May get another one. Looks like the 780 SLI is stable. But, the 4600 covers a slot next to it. I want to use one of the slots for an Areco hardware based raid card, according to EVGA, you can put non graphics cards in the PCIe2.0 16x slots. But if the 4600 card is too wide, then either use just one or go with a workstation board to achieve same goal. Still working it out.

[Lucas Wilson]

If I set up a workstation with 2 quadro fx 4600 cards on a mobo that supported dual PCIe 16x cards, would Scratch benefit from that.

I'm looking at either a supermicro or tyan workstation board, or one of the new 780i boards that support sli.

Hey Zeke - SCRATCH does not benefit from multiple gfx cards on a mobo.

Lucas

[Joe Carney]

Hey Zeke - SCRATCH does not benefit from multiple gfx cards on a mobo.

Lucas

Thanks. Had to ask.

[David Birdy]

Lucas,

Can you recommend a Graphic card?

Thanks
Dave

Zeke,

Check out the new HP XW8600....it looks great....

Dave

[Fredrik Harreschou]

Lucas,

Can you recommend a Graphic card?

Thanks
Dave

I'll jump in on this: Quadro FX 4600/5600 SDI is what you would want to buy today. The drivers are a little buggy yet but they (will) have better functionality over the 4500/5500 cards, especially for output to tape and stereoscopic work.

If you are serious about getting a SCRATCH seat, I would recommend you not to go out and by the machine yourself. Assimilate might be able to hook you up with a certified machine at special prices, at least I would talk to them first.

Cheers,
Fredrik

[Lucas Wilson]

I'll jump in on this: Quadro FX 4600/5600 SDI is what you would want to buy today. The drivers are a little buggy yet but they (will) have better functionality over the 4500/5500 cards, especially for output to tape and stereoscopic work.

If you are serious about getting a SCRATCH seat, I would recommend you not to go out and by the machine yourself. Assimilate might be able to hook you up with a certified machine at special prices, at least I would talk to them first.

Cheers,
Fredrik

Dave,

What he said... : )

Lucas
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ASSIMILATE, Inc.
LA, CA, USA

[Seth Larney]

Hmm,

I just noticed that the 5600 is listed on the Assimilate website as 'in process'.

Lucas, now that the SDI versions are out, I was thinking of getting a 5600 1.5gb sdi for our planned Scratch suite, do you know if they are supported yet ? I really want to go with the 80 series gpu and it's miles above the old chipset.

Cheers,
S.

[Lucas Wilson]

Hmm,

I just noticed that the 5600 is listed on the Assimilate website as 'in process'.

Lucas, now that the SDI versions are out, I was thinking of getting a 5600 1.5gb sdi for our planned Scratch suite, do you know if they are supported yet ? I really want to go with the 80 series gpu and it's miles above the old chipset.

Cheers,
S.

It is officially supported. We need to update our website... tx!

Lucas