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<blockquote data-quote="Tinyputers" data-source="post: 420524" data-attributes="member: 91813"><p><strong>Response to Client Video Cards</strong></p><p></p><p>Thank you for you comments, they are very helpful.</p><p></p><p>In response to the client video cards, as I was considering the ION platform, then it would be the nvidia 9400 chip on them with its 16 stream processsors doing all the work, and output via HDMI. As soon as you put an additional video card in the client you would start exceeding the power requirements of the project. As far as the Server, I would consider socket ITX boards limited video output (as it will be remotely controlled and never see the light of day). </p><p></p><p>Thanks for the RAM advise. I will place 2GB in both my server and the clients, but will not bother going larger than this. In fact, post testing, I may decrease this to 1GB if possible. As the clients will be using dual DDR2 slots, I assume that it is advisable to have these as matching pairs, ie two 512mb, or two 1gb, rather than say, one 1gb, and one 512mb in the slots. </p><p></p><p>On the processor side, you say it was nippy on the P4 2.4mhz, but on my client, it will be running on 1.6mhz (although having the advantage of dual cores). Are you able to underclock your system to experience what the client would be like at 2mhz? Again, I am not worried about the video, but just navigating between screens in MP, and circling through large lists of videos.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Tinyputers, post: 420524, member: 91813"] [b]Response to Client Video Cards[/b] Thank you for you comments, they are very helpful. In response to the client video cards, as I was considering the ION platform, then it would be the nvidia 9400 chip on them with its 16 stream processsors doing all the work, and output via HDMI. As soon as you put an additional video card in the client you would start exceeding the power requirements of the project. As far as the Server, I would consider socket ITX boards limited video output (as it will be remotely controlled and never see the light of day). Thanks for the RAM advise. I will place 2GB in both my server and the clients, but will not bother going larger than this. In fact, post testing, I may decrease this to 1GB if possible. As the clients will be using dual DDR2 slots, I assume that it is advisable to have these as matching pairs, ie two 512mb, or two 1gb, rather than say, one 1gb, and one 512mb in the slots. On the processor side, you say it was nippy on the P4 2.4mhz, but on my client, it will be running on 1.6mhz (although having the advantage of dual cores). Are you able to underclock your system to experience what the client would be like at 2mhz? Again, I am not worried about the video, but just navigating between screens in MP, and circling through large lists of videos. [/QUOTE]
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