was - XW8200 for Nitris - NOW NEW HARDWARE !?!

["Christian Vollenhofer" <ds(at)vfx.at>]

Title: Re: XW8200 for Nitris?

So we wíll have to throw the Cards and BOB away and get new ones ? (after we paid for it)

 

Wow - nice if you have upgraded from Equinox the last 6 month and were told that you can use this HW for V8!

 

greetings

 

christian

 

 

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM]Im Auftrag von Chasteen, Howard
Gesendet: Freitag, 13. Jänner 2006 00:58
An: DS(at)Softimage.COM
Betreff: RE: RE : XW8200 for Nitris?

Probably not. The unofficial word was that beginning with version 8 new hardware and upgrades were required. If they are looking at recovering R&D costs then it becomes obvious why they ported NITRIS over to Symphony. They can stretch their investment in NITRIS further.

 

Who knows what Avid will do. We are supposed to be very excited about Version 8 as the "Future of DS". Well v8  will be different, run on 64 bit, and obviously they will have to have a few "QFEs" for version 8. Then what.

 

Howard

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From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Christian Vollenhofer
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 4:25 PM
To: DS(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: AW: RE : XW8200 for Nitris?

so - will v8 run on xw 8000 ?

 

greetings

 

chistian

 

 

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM]Im Auftrag von Benoit Lauzon
Gesendet: Donnerstag, 12. Jänner 2006 23:56
An: DS(at)Softimage.COM
Betreff: RE: RE : XW8200 for Nitris?

>>For one thing you run a special 64 bit version of XP on 64 bit machines!

 

    It's not mandatory (although most optimal)... Actually, I was bummed to see, upon reception, that XP home edition

    was installed on my new Athlon based computer...

 

    If you do run XP x64, you can still install 32bits apps (they have their own program files directory and registry)

 

    Ben

 

    -----Original Message-----
From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM]On Behalf Of Chasteen, Howard
Posted At: Thursday, January 12, 2006 5:37 PM
Posted To: ds
Conversation: RE : XW8200 for Nitris?
Subject: RE: RE : XW8200 for Nitris?

The test setup for the DS on 64 bit procs has been ran for nearly two years!  The AMD chips are not a problem for the new software. You should not try move old software forward to 64 bit. For one thing you run a special 64 bit version of XP on 64 bit machines!

 

Howard

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From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of John Heiser
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 3:24 PM
To: DS(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: RE: RE : XW8200 for Nitris?

As for AMD processors, historically DS has been deeply dependent upon code in the Intel chips. I doubt you could get it to run dependably if at all.

 

____________________________

John Heiser

Avid DS Editor

o2ideas

Birmingham, Alabama, USA

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From: owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] On Behalf Of Serge Verreault
Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 4:15 PM
To: DS(at)Softimage.COM
Subject: RE : XW8200 for Nitris?

 

The XW 9300 is the next official certified machine for version 8 and it kick ass??

Dual core opteron 2.2 with 4 gigs of ram.

J

 

-----Message d'origine-----
De : owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM [mailto:owner-ds(at)Softimage.COM] De la part de Troy Thompson
Envoyé : January 12, 2006 4:36 PM
À : DS(at)Softimage.COM
Objet : Re: XW8200 for Nitris?

 

I was curious about this as well, but in terms of v.8. We are looking at buying another workstation for an Adrenaline System and I was going to by the xw8200 for the DS and use the xw8000 that we?re pulling out for the Adrenaline. However, certain DI workflows in 7.6 are only qualified with the xw8200 and I didn?t want to purchase a computer that ultimately wouldn?t be qualified for all of v.8?s functionality.

Has anyone heard anything? I thought I did hear someone say that the xw9300 would never be qualified for the DS because of the AMD processors. Just curious.

Thanks,

Troy

From: "Todd" <lists(at)tradertodds.com>
Reply-To: DS(at)Softimage.COM
Date: Thu, 12 Jan 2006 12:25:05 -0800
To: <DS(at)Softimage.COM>
Subject: XW8200 for Nitris?

 

Hi list. Needing more processing speed on the Nitris, currently on the
XW8000, want to go to the XW8200 with dual 3.6 procs. Anything I need to be
aware of or can I buy the workstation and migrate the cards/recovery CD?

Thanks all,

-Todd
Union


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