[Jim Russell]

Thanks again Tim –
I now understand the primary purpose of the Mercury Playback Engine is for RT playback, I had just latched onto the line at Adobe about how it also accelerates rendering for delivery of content to clients. That’s where the primary bog is in my work flow; rendering out a sequence.
I’ll let clients and budget dictate the choice when I do get around to the upgrade.
Thanks for your input.
Jim

[Jim Russell]

Thanks Tim
I appreciate the feedback. I have two XEON quad-cores on a Tyan 5396 mobo, Nvidia Quadro FX 1700 and 16Gb of ram.
I was looking for a dollar to minute equation for the Quadro FX lineup if I upgraded to the one of the cards compatible with Mercury, but maybe its not so simple? I was hoping to determine if, given a sequence that now renders out in 100 minutes. would only take 50 minutes with a Quadro FX3800 ($1,000), 25 minutes on a 4800($1700), or say 7 minutes with the FX5800 ($3100).
Buying back the time is what makes the investment a consideration; its just trying to determine what one gets (less time) for the money.
But again, maybe its not so simple
Thanks
Jim