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Ive been offered a Scope Project Plus card with 15 DSP expansion card for a good price.. but not sure whether it'll run stable with my existing setup.

Are there any users here who have the original TC Powercore PCI card running along side it?

My audio interface is an RME Fireface 400 (Firewire), anyone know if this will run well with the Scope cards?

The rest of my PC setup is..
Intel Q6600 CPU
Intel DP35DPM mobo
2x1GB Corsair TwinX XMS2
Cant remember exactly what graphics card i have now but its running via PCIE

So if anyone knows how this setup will get along with the 2 Creamware cards please let me know?
Also any advice in general on buying now would be great (what plugins should come with these cards? is it better to wait for the new one coming soon? etc)

Thanks

Scope Pro 15 DSP
Scope Project 6dsp
TC Powercore MKII

Running just fine in my setup.

Intel DP45DP with quad core inside.

I'd buy the new XITE-1 when its released if you could afford it, but the SCOPE cards you mentioned are still great aswell they just won't offer all the power and benifits as XITE-1 and is less future proof. The ideal thing to do i suppose is to buy a small card and check out the plugins and if you like them then buy XITE.

The 15 dsp booster you mentioned may be upgradable, i'd look into it cause many great plugins come with SCOPE Professional.The SCOPE Professional has both 'Synths&samplers pack (unrivalled)' and "mix& Mastering pack", both packs have alot of great plugins included and both packs are included with the 4.5 version of SCOPE Professional. One of the packs is included in SCOPE Project card 4.5 also. If both those cards is not 4.5 platform then you'll need to pay a small upgrade fee for the one/s that can be upgraded, it is a very small fee considering all the quality plugins you'll get. The other stock effects on both cards are generally pretty good but also a mixed basket imo, i do prefer SCOPE Stock over any other stock plugs from any other programs i've tried tho, but most of the really juicy ones are with Third-party developers wich you'd want to get a list of. Some pretty good freeware also (very pro sounding). Basically see if you can upgrade the booster if not then the Project card if it is'nt 4.5.

In the past i used SCOPE with uad-1 and had no problems. If you buy the cards and don't like them they still should have a good resale value but it's hard to not like the most powerfullest Platform out here .. I'd really consider XITE-1 if you can afford it if not the smaller cards are still great and will be for a long time still.

Thanks for the helpful replies.
Unfortunately the cards were sold to someone else

The XITE-1 does look amazing but i think that'll be well out of my budget.. although when that comes out i'd imagine many people will be selling the older pci cards to upgrade, so hopefully i'll find a good deal.