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Decklink HD pro Question
I have a Decklink HD Pro (Dual Channel) card installed in my Dual 1.8 GHZ G5, Which is getting a little long in the tooth frankly. I am considering upgrading to a G5 Quad 2.5.
The question is: will my Decklink Card work in the newer machine? What speed will I get out of it and which slot should I put it in??Thanks
Ed Anderson
AnimationPDX
Mongadillo StudiosEd Anderson
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Not, Decklink HD Pro is PCI-X form factor. BUT new Quard G5 have PCI-Express buses only. You need wait for Decklink HD Pro PCI-Express. Or You can read topics about PCI-Express to PCI-X. It somewhere here . . .
best regards
ruslan_3d -
Thanks- and I got a response from BM tonight, which has confirmed my fears. It won’t work. Since I just got this Deckink card, upgrading it doesn’t feel right, I didnt forsee this one as I wasn’t planning a CPU upgrade this soon, too bad BM doesnt have an upgrade program…
So no new Mac for me, not for a while anyway.
Bad news for the Studio, good news for the wallet.(dreams of Quad G5 fading away…)
Ed Anderson
Animator
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You could upgrade to a Dual 2.3 G5, save money over the Quad, get some more use from the BMD card and get a big performance boost on your current system.
That way you’ll also get to wait out Apple’s next move to Mactels…
My 2c.
Cheers
Bettsy
Burra Films -
Thanks for the weigh in. But I’m not convinced i can wait long enough for the software to catch up to the “MacTel” chipset. I dont think that it will be less than a year for the apps I use to be natively fast in the Mactel environment. And i must say, if I do upgrade, I don’t believe in half measures, its costly and it’s a hassle, and i go as far up as I can, to avoid doing it more than every three years.
Ed Anderson
Animator
ed@animationpdx.com
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