Will the NVIDIA Quadro FX 4800 run on the Dell 690

[Alex Udell]

Hi Hugh…

technically….if it’s a PCIe card, sure it will be compatible with your station

The bigger issue is that, as far as PPro CS4 is concerned, it won’t change your performance at all.

PPro CS4 makes really next to no use of GPU technology. So it’s not money well spent.

CS5 has introduced the Mercury Playback engine that will make use of NVIDIA Cuda compatible GPU’s. You’ll have to check Adobe’s site for supported cards.

Other than than that….your system seems quite well configured.

Hope that helps…

Alex

[Brian Louis]

To add to what Alex said, rendering is mostly tied to processor power, your machine is running 4 cores at 2gig, a tad under powered for some of todays video codecs, also even though CS4 is enhanced to use some parts of a 64bit system its still 32bit software and only can use 4gigs of memory

[Bob Dix]

Have Quad Core Dell Precision XEON T5500 2.26GHZ running a NVIDIA Quadro FX 3800 and no problems for High definition 1920 x 1080 Mov files even on the old Premiere Pro 1.5.1. a 32 bit application but, CS5 on 64 bit would be faster ???????????? Also, a Dell Dimension 3.2GHZ running a Radeon 125 mb Card and no problems. The sound appears better on the FX 3800 1GB Card and it appears 3 times faster on the Quad Core ? i thought the FX4800 was a Final Cut Pro card ?

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[Pushpanatha De silva]

Hi Bob

If u do not mind, I would like to know ur Dell system configuration…I am also looking to upgrade my dell System for the past few months..at present my Dell is a Pentium 4 -Dimension 8400 bought in 2008..it seems that now it’s obsolete.I have installed APPro CS4 there and found lots of problems..specially slownessin playing in time line. If u have Dell, I would like to know why u have u have not chosen Alienware ALX plus or i7960 processor machine??and selected a Dell workstation. FYI, I am willing to spend more than A$4000 this time..for a good Dell system.
Thx vm Hope and wish u will help me.
Pushpa – Brisbane

[Bob Dix]

Hi Pushpa,
It was configured to suit CS5 System requirements, however, it is a Dell T5500 Precision Quad Core Xeon processor 2.27 Ghz with 12 Gb ram and 1,000 Gb hard drive basically for use with High definition editing.It is equipped with a NVIDIA FX 3800 which works very well with H264 codec even with Premiere Pro 1.5.1 but, there has been a minor problem when using Photoshop when it says” Display driver Nividia Windows Kernel Mode Driver Version 191.87 Stopped responding and has fully recovered”.259.12 Quadro -Win 64 bit has been installed by Dell and seems to have solved the problem. You will need a 64 bit system if you intend upgrading to CS5 Premiere Pro..
I too have a Dell Dimension 8400 Multi Processor 3.2Ghz Pentium with hyperthreading which does a resonable job still,but, is slow rendering. If you get hyperthreading on the Precision Workstation it could push the price up by $1,000 depending on the size of the processor.We mainly go to Pro tape HDV but, got a blu-ray burner included just in case.
The only reason we upgraded was to more effectively use the H264 mov. files from the Canon 5D Mark II 1920 x 1080 which slowed the Dell 8400 down.The Exported High definition editing to pro tape is broadcast quality from both , the Dell Dimension 8400 as well as the Dell Precision T5500.

Good luck ……………

Ps. As far as I know CS4 is not a 64 bit application and does not respond very well to the new Codecs like AVCHD and H264 mov, that is why I intend to upgrade shortly to Premiere Pro CS5. Your problem may be CS4 but, it should work better than my Premiere Pro 1.5.1 which is 5 years old and the Dell 8400 which is 5 years old as well. Try a restricted start up “msconfig”, as well as removing all temporary files from your computer by typing in %temp% in the Windows address bar, it may help.

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[Bob Dix]

I forgot to say “defragment” daily …………………And the system is I7, I think the gaming machines may be overkill? The Dell I7 960 appears Ok but, Dell can custom build anything you want, check out the CS5 Premiere Pro System requirements ?You may need to go to 64 bit one day?

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[Pushpanatha De silva]

I hope, If u don’t mind me asking this question : How much u have spent on this Dell workstation?? Was it closer to A$8000.00 ? My e-mail address is nathapushpa@gmail.com

Ur help is much appreciated. Thx.
Pushpa