Faster PCI Bus Options

[CLee]

When we started with PT I had a 450mhz G4/ PT 5.1.1 /OS 9 and was getting about 25-35 tracks along with AV/XL. I ended up having to do spotwork on the Fibre network and film work off a Firewire drive. Don't know if that is an option for you. 19 is pretty low, maybe the 2nd video card is also hurting you.

Going to a 1.25gig G4 and PT 6 got me alot more tracks, but I can't remember if we switched to HD systems at the same time. With HD/ PT 6.2.3 and 1.25Gig and Fibre I was maxing out the 144 voices/6 dsp setting without 6502 errors.

Do you know what Fibre card you have? Some are easier on the PCI bus than others.

[agus]

It's a Celerity FC-21PS... didn't know there was an issue with the card...any suggestions?

[agus]

As always, this DUC comes through... after further testing, dumping the session to a Firewire Drive eliminates the problem. Anyone out there know of another FC card that would put less stress on the PCI bus? Thanks for the help out there...

[CLee]

When we upgraded from 450s to 1.25Gigs I got Astera cards (J2000 I think). The idea was that the card would sense the PCI load and adjust to it. That's what I was told anyway. Because so many things changed at once, I'm not sure if it helped. They are sitting in boxes now. If you want to give it a try contact me.

Who sold you the fibre system, do they have any ideas?

[agus]

Thanks, I would love to know more about that Fibre Card.... please contact me at [email protected]