Quote Originally Posted by karamasov View Post
I know this has been addressed before, but I´d like to hear what the community here thinks - if there have been any improvements in the Apple Xserve line that would make the machines usable as live video servers, with better graphics cards etc...?

Sometimes the MacPro rack is just too big for the gig!
zenith lighting in Orlando Florida - have put together xserve macs with latest ones-

they managed to fit different graphics cards-

apparently the gt120 fits - but that doesnt perform too great ( though its better than internal card ) - particularily as they wanted to do at least 4 hd layers -

i think they got a 8800 to fit instead - but they had to solder power connections.
They did get help from apple trying to figure this out-
The guy who did it was prepared to do the hacking himself and take the risks...


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I also have a show in china at the moment using xserves - much better form factor for install
performance not critical on this show-