Aja and the nvidia chipsets?

[Szumlins]

This might help out a little when looking to build a system:

https://www.aja.com/html/support_xena_rec_sys.htm

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-Mike

[Tim Veal]

Thanks. I was looking for something like this and couldn’t find it. I saw all the boards listed are dual AMD/Xeons. Is anyone using a Core 2 Duo board?

[Kevin Christopher]

Probably not. You really need a workstation class motherboard for uncompressed HD. All of the Xeon boards/systems listed are dualcore/quadcore Xeons. Plenty of speed there. The real test is in the chipset/bus architecture. That is where you will find the workstation boards more stable and better for handling Uncompressed HD.

Kevin

[Tim Veal]

So it’s more of a speed issue rather than a compatability issue? I would be using the Cineform codec and using the Xena for capture/monitoring/output. Not even close to the horsepower needed for uncompressed.

[Ramona Howard]

Kevin,

Actual both server and workstation boards work for uncompressed HD. There really isn’t much going on with the procs, given your using the right I/O card for the job 🙂

We have used a mixture of both and on both Intel and AMD over the years.

Cheers,
Ramona

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[Tim Veal]

Thanks for all the replys. A Core 2 Duo board fits in my budget for my startup system so I’ll try that first with my setup and see how the card works and post the results.