http://www.supertalent.com/home/pres...df133f073095dd
http://www.supertalent.com/images/tm...ve-top_big.jpg
OMG!!! OMG!!!
I know, there is a ton of these coming out lately...
OCZ is releasing a TB version as well
http://www.engadget.com/2009/03/05/o...our-pcie-slot/
600mb per sec... heck ya!
-s
I have just tested the 250mbs Intel drives alongside an Mtron 7500 and Core OCZ ( advertised at 170mbs) SSD, and to be honest, there is a very small difference in performance in our application.
Using a 3.2ghz MacPRO with 8800GT graphics card, compared to an Mtron and OCZ SSD drive, the Intel only managed one layer more of content when tested on AIC movies ranging from 1920 x 1080 to 720 x 576.
And the 80gb Intel is over double the price of a 128gb OCZ - at present, not worth the extra money for less capacity and only one layer performance increase.
As Richard said in a post elsewhere, the bottleneck has now moved from the hard drive to elsewhere in the computer.
Nev.
I am also rather skeptical of buying a product from a company who's logo looks like the sign on a bowling alley ;)
A PCIe ssd harddrive could be really interesting... since it connects directly to the I/O Hub on the logicboard. I'm curious what the effect is since the I/O controller is not used for throughput... Or do I make a mistake? is the I/O controller still in use for controlling the data via the I/O hub?
curious, curious...look at the picture of the logicboard...
I just tested a 250G Vertex OCZ in a 8 core 2.26G (2009) MacPro with ATI 4870 card and managed 6 layers of AIC at 1920x1080 25fps... not sure if its the new architecture or faster vertex drive - so more testing to do (if i ever get time)
OCZ do seem to be the best value for money (even at 250G!...)
Incidentally - ATI 4870 does support analogue (VGA) on both ports with the relevant 'display port' and DVI-VGA adaptors. But only Dual-Link DVI on the 'real' DVI port. The 'Display port' is only single-link. No adaptors are included with the card pre-installed in a mac - so you have to purchase your own!!
Am going to try an Nvidia 880GT in a 2.26G (2009) MacPro tomorrow to see what happens...
Simon
Right when the new mac pros came out, I was torn between buying or buying some of the end of life previous versions. I decided on the EOLs instead. I was torn because I thought the 4870 was going to be a nice card. What I am realizing now is that it's not all its cracked up to be. Almost all of my rental machines are previous generation with 8800s in them and I have to say I think I'm happy with having many of the same than having gotten new versions.
I have a new MP with a 4870 coming in next week. I am thinking at this point I'll keep it in the studio doing final cut and after effects. nVidia was supposed to have a brand new Quadro for the new MP. We'll see how that is, I' thinking it might be nice to try if it ever comes.
I realize the point of this thread was SSD PCIe but honestly, I'm running consistently with 4 layers of HD 30fps and honestly will never really need more than 6 on a dual output.