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*NEW* KONA 3!
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[Dan Brockett] ”
Not entirely true according to the AJA press release quote below:…Offering 40% more processing power than the industry-leading KONA 2…
Not sure how much of this is hype but there must be at least a grain of truth to it?”
Sure there would be truth to it because from what i understand, PCI Express is just faster than PCI-X. So you’re getting additional speed there.
But with my system and my workflow, I really don’t need to jump to PCIe right at this very second because I reallyl don’t want a “band-aid” Dual Core system. I want to wait for Intel to ship their Dual Cores as they look like they are going to be blazing fast when the desktops arrive. So for my money, PCI-X is good for now and make the switch to PCIe when the Intels are ready.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
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[Les Kaye] “Walter – In addition to the new keying features, doesn’t the new card add hardware support for additional HD formats?”
I guess the 4:4:4:4, but everything else looks the same from what I can see, except of course the keying.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.comDirector, “The Rough Cut”
https://www.theroughcutmovie.comNow Posting “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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[AJA Sales Department] “- QuickTime video+key over Matte background
– still RGBA graphics over Matte background
– QuickTime video+key over Input video
– still RGBA graphics over Input video
– still RGBA graphics over QuickTime video”So CineWave is still the only card that would play RGB Animation/None codec motion graphics in YUV uncompressed FCP timeline in real time? What’s so hard about that?
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The Intel desktops will be fast, with Apple software, but if you use After Effects or other complex apps you may have a very long wait for Intel versions. Remember how long it took Photoshop to go OS X native, and you can bet Adobe apps aren’t coded in Xcode so it will be a difficult port.
John
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Yes and with this brand new FCP6, hopefully announced at NAB this year, it will be V1 all over again. Okay, not quite that bad, but I’m sure a new app written ground up (good info on this) for a new processor in Macs will have it’s share of bugs. I’m not one to wait, but this one, even I may sit out the first month or two. 🙂 If you buy now, the quad is probably a decent investment still, imo.
Kevin
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FYI, the 40% more processing power refers to the main chip on the card, not the PCIe bus. As such, this means, as was alluded to in the press release, that there is a LOT of room for more features on this card over the Kona2. Truth be told, there isn’t really any more room on the Kona 2 to do more than it already does as far as hardware capabilities. The Kona 2 can still do plenty more via its software driver, however. So the Kona 2 is not an End Of Life product, by no means.
Reporting from MacWorld SF.
Jeff Bernstein
Digital Desktop Consulting
Apple Pro Video VAR
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[walter biscardi] “I want to wait for Intel to ship their Dual Cores as they look like they are going to be blazing fast when the desktops arrive.”
Hi Wally,
Sure the 32-bit Intel Core Duo in the new MacBook is much faster than the 32-bit G4 processor in the PowerBook but will these Intel processors be faster than the 64-bit dual-core G5 processoers in today’s PowerMac’s ?? I think the jury’s still out. Also how well Rosetta works, how well hardware/drivers adjust to the new platform, and how quickly various en-sundry apps are ported to “Universal” are all questions that still remain to be answered. Personally I find these “quad” G5’s to be blazingly fast. Just my two cents !!
Bart
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[Bart Harrison] “Also how well Rosetta works, how well hardware/drivers adjust to the new platform, and how quickly various en-sundry apps are ported to “Universal” are all questions that still remain to be answered. Personally I find these “quad” G5’s to be blazingly fast. Just my two cents !!”
Excellent points Bart. If wanted / needed the speed right now, I would be all over the new Quad. But I’m taking advantage of this changeover to upgrade other hardware in the facility. The Dual 2.0’s I run now are working perfectly and we’re meeting every deadline in sight.
So I’m purchasing things like FinalTouch HD to upgrade the Color Correction, additional HD plasma screens and HD hardware, etc… By the time the new Intel Desktops are released, much of the Rosetta / Hardware issues will be resolved or on the way to being resolved. I just would rather put my money towards HD hardware now and purchase the computer later.
Oliver Peters pointed out in the FCP forum that Apple actually has a pretty clear roadmap on their website explaining the next steps of Intel, Universal Apps and their Pro Apps. Good reading for all.
Walter Biscardi, Jr.
https://www.biscardicreative.comDirector, “The Rough Cut”
https://www.theroughcutmovie.comNow Posting “Good Eats” in HD for the Food Network
“I reject your reality and substitute my own!” – Adam Savage, Mythbusters
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