Sytem Requirements for Pandoras Box

[desiartpandoras]

hello pandoras team

a'm looking for a good workstation for to work

without problem with the software pandoras box player STD 4/2

the new machine that i think is :

software : microsoft xp PROF 64 BIT

workstation HP Z400 cpu intel XEON QUAD CORE W 3530 2,8 GHz 8 MEGA CACHE

1066 MHz 4,8 GT/s QPI HT TURBO

12 GB RAM 6 X 2 GB ECC DDR3 1333 Mhz PC3 10600

CONTROLLER SATA RAID 3.0 GIGABIT / sec WITH RAID 1

2 HARD DISK SATA II 1 Tb 7200 RPM IN RAID 1

HP INVIDIA QUADRO FX 1800 768 mb DVI

AJA XENA LSe SD CAPTURE CARD

SO THE question is : what you think about this machine?

thank a lot for your work

many greatings from alessandria italy GRANDINI ROBIN ENGINEER DESIART PROGECT

[Daniel Kaminski]

Hello desiartpandoras,

the computer you are looking at sounds like a powerfull maschine, but there are a few things you should know:

a) Windows XP Prof 64 is not supported or recomanded by coolux
It is possible to get Pandoras Box running under XP 64 Bit, but not for all coolux components are drivers available
Also there is no benefit in running a 64 Bit OS right now, since Pandoras Box is a 32 bit Application and can not use the extra Memery you are planing to put in

b) Memory, 12GB sound great, but if you want to use that maschine only with pandoras box 4GB is enough and all the application will be able to handle (32 bit Application)

c) RAID 1 (Mirroring) is great, since it gives you redundancy

d) AJA XENA Capture Card: I looked at the specs and it looks ok, but we have never tested that card, so I can not tell you how well it works with pandoras box (Latency). You will have to do your own tests or ask the forum if someone is using that card.

e) Nvidia Quadro FX1800: nice and expensive card, I would also consider using a Geforce 260, 275 or 285 if you can still find one. Cheaper and lots of power.

I hope this helps

Daniel Kaminski