Allenstein OctaPC(8-core) and Quadzilla(4-core) *OS Update

[Shan]

...also, if anyone is in the Lower Mainland(Vancouver, Canada) area that has a UAD-1 or Powercore then get in touch with me. We can test these out and see if we can get them going without any problems on the Quads.

A few have inquired about those cards that they have and still want to use.

Shane

[filosofem]

Shane

...any update on the HD1 and M-Audio cards?

I wont have the Maudio stuff to test out. I'll probably have to end up buying it and then returning it just to test it out unless I can find an Maudio rep in my area. I'll see what I can do.

Try passing the hat around!



filosofem

[filosofem]

Shane ...I wasn't joking!

[Shan]

Shane ...I wasn't joking!

Time to get that Quad of yours done and do some tests for us then.

Shane

[filosofem]

I hear yah buddy ...I hear yah!




filosofem

[Kris75]

Lets keep this baby alive. I am about to build!!!!!

[Kris75]

1 CM72SD1024RLP-3200/S Corsair 1024MB ECC Reg DDR400 [1024MB PC3200 ECC Registered DDR400-SDRAM (Samsung Chips) 64x8 Dual-Rank] $150.00 $150.00
1 SYSASSBY ATIC System Assembly Charge [Charge for System Assembly] $25.00 $25.00
2 OSA265CBBOX AMD Opteron Opteron 265 Dual-Core S940 [Opteron 265 Dual-Core 1.8GHz 800FSB 2MB L2 Cache Socket 940 (AMD64) (Retail)] $388.00 $776.00
1 EAX550/TD/128M Asus Radeon X550 128MB [ATI Radeon X550 128MB DDR PCI-Express x16 w/ VGA / DVI / TV-Out] $76.00 $76.00
1 WD740GD Western Digital Raptor 74GB SATA [Raptor 74GB 10000RPM SATA-150 3.5" w/ 8MB Cache] $210.00 $210.00
1 ND-3550A-BK NEC 3550A-BK DVD-/+RW 16x DL 8x [NEC 3550A DVD+-RW 16x Dual-layer 8x DVD+R, Dual-Layer 6x DVD-R Black] $47.00 $47.00

Will this system work for a quad? I am no computer genius whatsoever, so any advice would be appreciated.

[phobia]

First of all thanks for sharing this invaluable information to us.

Before I take the "plunge" I'd like to ask all of you that already have access to a Quad - if the source of the somewhat huge difference in processing power between the different setups have been identified?

>Here is his amazing 490 Dverb screenshot. But, he made a bit of an error and did this at 44k instead >of 48k like the rest of us.

> At this point we feel it is the Maudio drivers that give this system such amazing results.
> We will do further testing and report back on this topic

It do seem strange that there could be such a difference using M-Audio or DigiDesign hardware.
I am currently on 002, Mbox and 001 but wouldn't mind taking an additional route for some purposes if I knew this was a fact.

Thanks,
// Joakim W

[Shan]

Before I take the "plunge" I'd like to ask all of you that already have access to a Quad - if the source of the somewhat huge difference in processing power between the different setups have been identified?

Thanks,
// Joakim W

No, not yet.

Shane

[Shan]

1 CM72SD1024RLP-3200/S Corsair 1024MB ECC Reg DDR400 [1024MB PC3200 ECC Registered DDR400-SDRAM (Samsung Chips) 64x8 Dual-Rank] $150.00 $150.00

You'll need two. One for each CPU.

1 SYSASSBY ATIC System Assembly Charge [Charge for System Assembly] $25.00 $25.00

Not good. You're bringing it over to my studio so we got this covered.

2 OSA265CBBOX AMD Opteron Opteron 265 Dual-Core S940 [Opteron 265 Dual-Core 1.8GHz 800FSB 2MB L2 Cache Socket 940 (AMD64) (Retail)] $388.00 $776.00

Good. That's dirt cheap for Canadian bucks.

1 EAX550/TD/128M Asus Radeon X550 128MB [ATI Radeon X550 128MB DDR PCI-Express x16 w/ VGA / DVI / TV-Out] $76.00 $76.00

We'll try it. Make sure we can take it back if needed.

1 WD740GD Western Digital Raptor 74GB SATA [Raptor 74GB 10000RPM SATA-150 3.5" w/ 8MB Cache] $210.00 $210.00

Since I got and idea of your budget, let's try your system with an ATA setup.

1 ND-3550A-BK NEC 3550A-BK DVD-/+RW 16x DL 8x [NEC 3550A DVD+-RW 16x Dual-layer 8x DVD+R, Dual-Layer 6x DVD-R Black] $47.00 $47.00

Should be ok.

Will this system work for a quad?

We'll make a few changes first.

Shane