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PCI external box (magma like)
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:31 am
by bosone
what do you think about this product?
http://www.exsys.ch/index.php?main_page ... 72cc3913db
it should be similar to magma.
i have a gigabyte board with 1355 chipset with I7 950 and i have poor PCI performances. 5 masterverb pro with a scope pro card.
will this box help me in getting better results??
the manual is here:
http://www.exsys.ch/download/catalog/ex_1031.pdf
thanks!
Re: PCI external box (magma like)
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:12 pm
by astroman
you probably read that 'test' by me in in the tech stuff section...
I put a
PCIe to PCI slot converter into an Asus P67 board with known bad PCI performance.
It didn't change anything, at best a 30% improvement... failed on the 4th instead of 3rd MV or so...
But it recovered faster from the error, that for sure
why don't you just forget about it - PCI doesn't work well on 'modern' boards.
Give it a trusted home and run the 64bit bla bla bla DAW via Adat connection... much simpler

A Micro ATX board doesn't need more space than this box.
cheers, Tom
Re: PCI external box (magma like)
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 12:21 pm
by bosone
thanx anyway!

the solution would be to get XITEd.... but i need money for that!
and no, i don't want 2 Pc in my little home and spare time studio!

Re: PCI external box (magma like)
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 1:13 pm
by YISH313z
So using one of these is no good?
Re: PCI external box (magma like)
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 4:26 pm
by vascomusic
astroman wrote:
why don't you just forget about it - PCI doesn't work well on 'modern' boards.
cheers, Tom
well...i've built a new DAW system a while ago:
- Asrock X58 Deluxe3 / i7 950 / 3 x PCI DSP boards (64 PCI clockcycles in BIOS set)
- Scope 5.1 on Windows 7 / 64bit
- 'Scope Tweaks' done (
http://sonic-core.net/joomla.soniccore/ ... 56&lang=us)
- 9 Masterverbs + 64 channels of ASIO-2
I haven't tested yet how much Masterverbs this system can handle without the PCI bus being stressed by running also 64 channel ASIO-2 audiostreams simultaneously...
adios
Re: PCI external box (magma like)
Posted: Sun Jan 08, 2012 11:18 pm
by bosone
vascomusic, I know you had an asrok x58. that was my second choice after the gigabyte and i unfortunately choose the gigabyte.
we absolutely need to know the details about your system!!

i remember i tried to contact you in the past but i got no answer.
please do a masterverb test and post in the tech section!
this board could solve a lot of problems!
Re: PCI external box (magma like)
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 4:59 am
by vascomusic
Hi Bosone,
Gigabyte also was my first choice, but because of unavailability of a specific model, i was forced to go with the Asrock X58 Deluxe3.
I will do a masterverb test today and post the results it in the tech section.
I'll keep you posted..
Re: PCI external box (magma like)
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 5:12 am
by bosone
thanks a lot!
actually, i found a second-hand gigabyte in the net, otherwise i would have bought an asrok!! what a shame!!!

Re: PCI external box (magma like)
Posted: Mon Jan 09, 2012 8:04 am
by vascomusic
You've got a PM
