@ PFBM

Are you able to document or quantify any performance improvements within vMix?
I would think the major advantages would be seen with multiple NDI Input acquisitions and/or encoding for Streaming and Recording.


Ice

I have a similar Dell T-7500 Workstation with dual xeon x5675 chips (24 total cores, 12 real and 12 virtual). Nothing I have thrown at it can choke the processors. These can easily be had for less than $1000 in the US.

Hello,
Following this topic and since i have too much quirks with my X99 stream setup, i ordered a Z620 Workstation with Dual Xeon E5-2670
I'm planning on putting a Decklink Quad 2 and a Decklink Duo 2 inside for start and will do a full documentation after thoroughly testing it next week !
thanks for the idea, i'm eagerly waiting to test it !

Cheers,
Valentin

Got the system today.
Updated driver, changer some BIOS settings, but so far i can't get my quad 2 to work.

When i plug it, there is an error 31 with a PCI Bridge to PCI and i'm stuck
Maybe i should check the bios, so far i only followed your advices
Based on the service manual,
the upper PCIe port , first one, is blocked by 2nd CPU module
2nd one is PCIE 3.0 16x
Third one is PCIE 2.0 8x size but 4x bandwith, so this one is a no go for Quad 2, will try with a Duo 2 later
Fourth One is PCIE 3.0 8x, i used this one for Quad 2 and it should work but so far, no luck
Fifth one is PCIE 3.0 16x, the one you told me to put graphic card, but with cable management it's complicated for now, will take care of it later.

If anyone have an idea please, it would be greatly appreciated, thank you :

regard
Valentin

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