On Thu, 2007-08-02 at 07:44 +1000, Douglas Kosovic wrote: > Hi David, > > Just a few corrections, rather than suggestions. > > > I've requested money for additional capture cards, as my existing ones > > are +5 years old anyway. > > > > I thought the winnov Quattro looked good, but I am having a hard time > > getting one here in Canada. > > > > The new computers, slightly used hand-me-down Dell GX620's, have two PCI > > and one PCI-X slot. Beggars can't be choosers... > > The Dell Optiplex GX620 doesn't have a PCI-X slot but a PCIe x 16 (and a > PCIe x 1 slot in the mini-tower configuration). > > Do you have a mini-tower or desktop Dell GX620? The desktop requires > low-profile PCI/PCIe cards with low-profile brackets, unless you have an > optional riser card which allows full height cards. > > > I see that the Viewcast Osprey 240, a PCI-X four port capture device is > > available and in stock with one supplier. > > The Viewcast Osprey 240 seems to be a PCIe x 1 card with a single input > (it's compatible with x1, x4, x8, and x16 PCIe slots). > > The Viewcast Osprey 440 seems to be a PCI-X card with 4 inputs, so isn't > suitable with the Dell GX620.
Correction about the Osprey 440 not working in a GX620, the Viewcast Osprey 440 will work in a 33Mhz 3.3Volt PCI slot with the extra PCI-X pins of the card exposed. The 33Mhz 32bit PCI bus will only provide about a quarter of the bandwidth of a 66Mhz 64bit PCI-X bus. Doug
