Alex Gerulaitis
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There are special considerations when connecting LP2480zx to something like a Decklink:
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[Walter Soyka] “I’d suggest you also look into the lower-end workstations from companies like HP, Dell, Lenovo, etc., in addition to the higher-end consumer desktops. Workstation will have higher-end components, they’ll offer better service, and they’ll come loaded with a lot less shovelware (pre-loaded applications that you don’t need that will slow your computer down).”
Second Walter on this; here is the thread on a decent HP Z420 config although it’s above your budget.
In addition to others’ suggestions, I’d also look at the bottlenecks on your system with your workflow: what’s slow? How’s the memory and CPU usage? Possibly upgrading memory and/or adding a small SSD for AE global cache (like Walter already suggested) will speed up things considerably. If there is nothing specific that seems to be the bottleneck – then indeed, shop for a new computer.
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Thanks Tom.
It appears that only the forum user database at connectusers.com (one of Adobe sites) was breached.
I.e. Adobe users not using connectusers.com and not using the same credentials on other sites should be safe.
In addition, it looks like the hacker doesn’t intend to share the stolen credentials with anyone, his primary goal with to put Adobe on notice for not using stronger defense and protection on that particular server.
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[Charles Cunliffe] “IS the GXT 670 better than my geforce285 card?”
Much better: runs faster, cooler, doesn’t have the issues lots of people are experiencing with the new GeForce 306 driver and GTX-285.
[Charles Cunliffe] “One site called mine an “end of life” card, does that mean its good or extinct?”
Extinct. 🙂
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[Charles Cunliffe] “670 is not on the list….will it work without tweeking?”
My bad! 680 is. Weird – because 670 is faster than a 570, which is on the list.
You’d still need a tweak for the 670 – which means 660 Ti is still as good an option as a 670.
I’d go for the 660 Ti if I were you.
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https://www.geforce.com/hardware/desktop-gpus/geforce-gtx-660ti/specifications
MPE and GPU acceleration in Pr CS6, with instructions how to enable it:
https://www.studio1productions.com/Articles/PremiereCS5.htm
If you prefer not to deal with editing a text file to enable GPU acceleration, a GTX-670 is Adobe-approved for CS6 and is roughly $100 more than the 660 Ti.
HTH.
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Any way you could get something like a GTX-660Ti? Not that expensive and works well with CS6 (after updating the “cuda_supported_cards.txt” file).
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Of the approved cards, Quadro 4000 is the “sweet spot” in terms of performance for the money, with Quadro 6000 being the top of the line.
Quadro K5000 (Mac edition) is not yet on the approved list but there is no doubt it will be, and it’s the best Quadro card for CS6 (about $2K). It’s very easy to get CS6 to recognize and use it for GPU acceleration.
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I’d first look at the bottlenecks in the current system.
When you say it’s “slow” – is it the stuttering playback? Slow encoding? Rendering? When it’s slow, can you take a look at your CPU and memory usage, and see what, if anything, is running at the limit?
What are the models of your Xeon CPUs?
That said, the current Dell offering, T7600, is a very nice system, even though I personally prefer the HP alternative – Z820 – two more PCIe slots, takes more drives internally, on “recommended” or “approved” lists by Avid, GVG, Adobe, etc.
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[Vince James] “If I went with a mac mini I would definitely bump the ram. While I could go with a mac pro server, it would lack thunderbolt, which would push us to Fiber Channel, which would drive the cost waaay up.”
Like Rainder said – SAS (MiniSAS) behind a server is the fastest and most expandable storage you can get for the money – less expensive than Thunderbolt, too.
That still leaves the question of bandwidth to the client systems open, i.e. does it need to be fast? How fast? Will 100MB/s aggregate do, or does it need to be faster?
A British company GB Labs makes a family of products called Space: a custom-flavored Linux storage server / NAS that can run multiple Ethernet ports at or near line speed (110MB/s for GbE, 700MB/s for 10GbE, per user). Something to consider if you want multiple users to run at full speed.
Alex Gerulaitis
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