HP xw4300 and Decklink Extreme HD

[Martin Kraut]

Generally it works, but for HD-Editing i would get a more powerful system like the XW8200/XW9300 with DualXeon/DualOpteron Processors.Additionally you need a very fast Video-Array Solution based on U320-SCSI Drives.

[Bob Zelin]

Crispy –
if you are trying to build a minimum cost HD edit station, with a HP xw4300, it will not work. I am RIGHT NOW on a HP xw4100 – it’s a great computer for firing up cards, testing out drives to see if they work, and typing on the internet (I test everything on this computer) – but for a REAL WORKSTATION that has to be fast, and do real jobs, you need a powerhouse computer – not an economy computer like the xw4300. If I had to buy another computer tomorrow for myself, it would be the xw4300 – but that is for screwing around and testing (and being on the internet) – not doing HD video and hi end graphics.

Just because the Blackmagic cards are very low priced, it does not mean that anything else in your system will be low priced (except Behringer audio products).

Bob Zelin

[Christopher Tay]

Hi Bob…yeah I figured pretty much that the xw4300 wouldn’t cut it but I thought I try my luck asking just in case it does works. If Blackmagic starts making workstations…woo…just imagine 😛

-chrispy

[Bob Zelin]

when you say “woo – just imagine” – do you mean that they would make great workstations, or that they would make great workstations for $129. Because the xw8200 is a great workstation, but it costs a lot of money. I take it you never paid $400,000 for a SGI Onyx.

Bob Zelin

[Christopher Tay]

No Bob…I’ve never paid anything for an SGI box before…but I’ve seen many people who did.

-chrispy