Gary Taylor
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Hi Michael,
Doesn’t Gelato only run on Redhat Linux right now? From what I understand Gelato is it’s own renderer and the only way it would work with After Effects is through a plugin architecture. Do you know of such a plug-in in the works for the unreleased WinXP version of Gelato? That would very cool to see although I much rather have Adobe add GPGPU features to the next version of After Effects.
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Hi Chris,
That is one of the great things about the industry being the way it is. The current generation of dual processor dual core systems on both sides of the fence are plenty powerful and yet cheap enough that they shouldn’t break the bank for most pros. Of course if you want to to build yown you are certainly able to. I personally like having a OEM that I can point to when things go wrong.I have built a number of PCs over the years and I am sure I will again. They are great for software only workstations especially for render only apps. But once you start involving capture cards, HBAs, OS upgrades, OS fixpacks, driver updates for those OS updates. Windows Media updates, QuickTime updates, etc. it can be a nightmare. I once spent 4 days of my life when a home built system was hosed by what appeared then to be a minor OS update, and I resolved not to let it happen again. My time is too valuable. In fact you can pay extra for true workstation support from companies like IBM, and HP which should put someone at your door in 4 hours.
OEMs like IBM, and HP test their hardware configuration with each supported OS update to see if it breaks anything. If they find a driver doesn’t work with the update then they resolve it or let us know what the issue is. A large OEM like IBM can lean on a sound card manufacturer much easier than you and I can to get a driver update. Left on your own you might be swapping hardware components out for days or weeks until you find out who the offender is.
Like you I started out on the Mac although since them I have worked mainly on PC, and Unix workstations and servers. I am about to buy a new Dual Dual G5 and I can’t wait. And one thing I love about the Mac is that since Apple is such a large OEM for HD workstation there are pleny of user of AJA and DeckLink cards out there. Chances are someone with a VERY similar hardware configuration has seen a problem before you have and the user community will warn you of a particular update. I guarantee you osme PC users will never know what went wrong because the problem has to do with some small hardware difference. And if you have a great vendor they will be able to quickly release a driver update. Like I said before my time is too valuable to do all the debugging on my own. And best of all the new PowerMac is lower priced than the comparable with OEM PC!
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Hi Eric,
That looks very interesting. Are you using one of these cards? I am curious about how you get the infiniband cables out of a G5 since to card doesn’t have an external connector. Do you know how hard it would be to disconnent the RAID and reattach it? Those are some pretty awesome benchmarks they posting using the onboard SATA from that motherboard.
Thanks,
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I love that this monitor has analog component inputs. It is a no hassle way to monitor HD for focus especially when underscan is an issue. I am planning on buying at least one more soon.
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They prominently display Mac support for this card but like you said in the detailed description they don’t mention the Mac. I think that might have something to do with the card only having internal ports. Makes it a not starter for me, and anyone else who wants more than 2 drives on a Mac. Hopefully they will release a PCI-e version the 2224 or 2240 soon. Those multilane cables sound very interesting.
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Or even better, maybe they were using Core Video. We can only dream.
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The 7800 is available now as an option for only 350… My My My…
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Is the downconversion on the Decklink done in software or hardware? Does anyone know if the downconversion on the Multibridge is done in hardware?
Thanks,
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I have to agree there. On closer examination I think the 7800GT will work better for me. Almost as fast but it only takes up one slot.
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Yeah, that is looking like a pretty awesome delivery schedule.. Weeks before the system it runs in will be available. Great job AJA!
Gary