New VVVV-Hardware (Mainboards/GraphicAdapters)

vvvv beta question
#1

hello

since a while im thinking about buying a new machine just dedicated to vvvv.
im thinking about a machine with four outputs for the projections and one for the whole gui/interface. i think for my purposes (vjing) its better to have just one machine, because it more compact, portable and of course less expensive nad you dont have to deal with boygrouping specific problems. i know that there are also disadvantages to that one machine solution.

ok my main questions at the moment. has anybody tried to stuff three graphic adapters in one machine? something like two cards in two pci-e 16x and one card in pc-e 1x? does something like this work? can the pci-e 1x take an additional graphics adapter? and if this works, would the pci-e 1x adaptzer have an effect on the performace of the two 16x adpaters?

or better wait on that mainboards with four 16x pci-e slots? do you think that they reach the consumer market at all?

thanks for any tips.
ele

#2

hope this is the right place to ask such questions ?!

#3

ele, check dis:
one_gigabyte_motherboard_four_graphics_cards-06.html

#4

anyone knows where to catch such a quad motherboard?

#5

You would definitely have to try whether vvvv does support it.
We’ve had mixed results with a 1xAGP/Dual head + 1PCI test setup.
Have wanted to ttry the quad board as well, but not had a budget for it yet.

max

#6

Have wanted to ttry the quad board as well, but not had a budget for it yet.

then that quad board is available on the market allready? havent found it anywhere…

can a a pci-express graphiccard rund on a pci-express 1x slot?

or is there anything special about the 16x slots that they work with graphic cards?

#7

I looking to build a new system, but Im wondering about dual core processors. I know vvvv isnt multithreaded, but would they help with reading multiple file streams from disk?
When searching through other threads I noticed you’d built a shuttle that had great multistream performance, could you let me know which model processor it was ?

Cheers

Cat

#8

a dual core processor should help you playing video in vvvv, as video playback is not using vvvv´s main thread.

#9

catweasel:
I looking to build a new system, but Im wondering about dual core processors. I know vvvv isnt multithreaded, but would they help with reading multiple file streams from disk?
When searching through other threads I noticed you’d built a shuttle that had great multistream performance, could you let me know which model processor it was ?

I built two VJ barebones last week. Both Asus S-presso S1-P112 (specs) barebones that I could get my hands on for 79 euro’s each. The other components are: P4 3Ghz Prescott, 1GB PC3200 RAM (2 x 512mb, DualChannel), 120Gb Sata drive, 16x DVD player and Asus GeForce FX 5200 AGP.

They run VVVV and Resolume at good framerates and good video quality, but I haven’t tried the real heavy 3D stuff yet. I’ve found some PCI dual head graphics cards that I want to try out… I’ll keep you posted as soon as I’ve tested them…

Btw: if anyone’s got a heavy 3D patch that I can play around with, please PM me, I’d like to try it… I’m not yet experienced enough to patch one up myself…

#10

XNDR: With the 220Watts which are in the specs for the S-Presso Barebone you’ll have a hard time finding a powerful graphics card. We actually just came back from the shop and the high-end GPUs currently cannot even live within a 350W Shuttle Barebone.

Perhaps you can run them with an external 12V power supply latched into the computer through the expansion slot. But that does take away much of the elegance of the concept…
Probebly the ideal VJ computer would be one that Lan-party-people use. They should be very talkative on their own forums about that.