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Re: The Allenstein Quadzilla Machine *update 06-05
Bravo Shan for all of your hard work and informative posts..you really have become a catalyst for the next generation of native systems. I appreciate your time...thanks
PS- Hey Digi...give this guy something...he's doing a lot of work for you! |
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Re: The Allenstein Quadzilla Machine
Hi guys,
I've just built one of these Quad Opterons (Quadzilla's ) : AMD 270 x2 Silverstone mid tower case Corsair 1gb x4 PC3200 ECC etc... etc... The thing is, what I also have in the PC is: HD Core card x1 HD Accel card x1 So it is an HD2 Quad machine. I wonder how well this system will perform considering the mix bus will be handled by the DSP. I have yet to try any tests as I have just got this system running. Anyone else with this setup? |
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Also something to note, when PT LE is maxed out on the Dverb test, playback/record response is still very fast. Almost instant. A quad and HD 2 will give you a ton of power. I also have an Accel card I'll be throwing in my Tyan system soon to test out. I'll be posting my results under the "Poor Man's HD rig" thread on the TDM forum when I get through testing with the pros and cons of each. At this point in time for what I do, a hybrid system with HD 1 works pretty good. But it can also be done all Native with a pimped out Quad or OctaPC. Keep in mind this is my opinion for my line of work based on my own tests. I am not promoting for people to start dumping their HD rigs and going native. It all depends on what you do, how you work, and what you need. But I will say that native PT is very very powerful on the Quads and beyond. Shane
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Pro Tools Power User Editing Give your plug-ins a facelift...and skin 'em! __________________ "Music should be performed by the musician, not by the engineer." Michael Wagener 25th July 2005, 02:59 PM __________________ Pro Tools|HD Native 9.0.1 | Pro Tools|HDX 10.2 | Studio One | REAPER 4.22 | HD OMNI | HoboMac Pro 2.26Ghz Quad-Core | W7 Ultimate 64-bit |
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More tests await. It's a big investment for me and my studio partner and we havent decided what to do yet. The hybrid approach is working very well for us so far for our line of work. The TDM versus RTAS tests will be interesting though. Another thing to note is that PT LE and HD 7.1cs6 is very very stable on my quad system at this point. Shane
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Pro Tools Power User Editing Give your plug-ins a facelift...and skin 'em! __________________ "Music should be performed by the musician, not by the engineer." Michael Wagener 25th July 2005, 02:59 PM __________________ Pro Tools|HD Native 9.0.1 | Pro Tools|HDX 10.2 | Studio One | REAPER 4.22 | HD OMNI | HoboMac Pro 2.26Ghz Quad-Core | W7 Ultimate 64-bit |
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So it is an HD2 Quad machine. I wonder how well this system will perform considering the mix bus will be handled by the DSP. I have yet to try any tests as I have just got this system running.
Well here's the pickle. The apparent difference between a quad running LE or HD and a quad running M-P is equivalent to roughly 5 HD Accel cards. Unless you've got serious need to run certain TDM plugs, it doesn't look all that cost-effective to do HD/RTAS on a quad. |
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Shane
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Pro Tools Power User Editing Give your plug-ins a facelift...and skin 'em! __________________ "Music should be performed by the musician, not by the engineer." Michael Wagener 25th July 2005, 02:59 PM __________________ Pro Tools|HD Native 9.0.1 | Pro Tools|HDX 10.2 | Studio One | REAPER 4.22 | HD OMNI | HoboMac Pro 2.26Ghz Quad-Core | W7 Ultimate 64-bit |
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Re: The Allenstein Quadzilla Machine *update 06-05
Shane
I caught in a thread not so long ago, saying that you boot your operating system from disc, did I catch that right? filosofem
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Shane
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Pro Tools Power User Editing Give your plug-ins a facelift...and skin 'em! __________________ "Music should be performed by the musician, not by the engineer." Michael Wagener 25th July 2005, 02:59 PM __________________ Pro Tools|HD Native 9.0.1 | Pro Tools|HDX 10.2 | Studio One | REAPER 4.22 | HD OMNI | HoboMac Pro 2.26Ghz Quad-Core | W7 Ultimate 64-bit |
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Re: The Allenstein Quadzilla Machine *update 06-05
Shane
No Windows ...but how? What can you tell me. filosofem
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