Is the EP-8K7A+ suitable for digital video editing

[Guest]

Hi all,

Because of the ide transfer problems (dips) I have with my current mobo ASUS A7M266 (See <A HREF="http://www.zonet.f2s.com/t3.jpg" target="_new">http://www.zonet.f2s.com/t3.jpg</A>) i'm looking for another board, namely the <b>EP-8K7A+</b>. But before I buy this board, I want to be sure that it is suitable for Digital Video editing.So my questions to you are:

a) Is there anyone out there with this MOBO and using it for Digital Video editing, preferrable with the Pinnacle DV500.

b) Is there anyone who is willing to perform a test with this tool (<b><A HREF="http://www.zonet.f2s.com/dvexpert.exe" target="_new">http://www.zonet.f2s.com/dvexpert.exe</A></b>) on your second disk (not the boot disk) and send the graph result to <A HREF="mailto:steady@flits.com">steady@flits.com</A> together with info about harddisk make and model and format type (FAT32 or NTFS)

I want to thank you all in advance.

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Regards, Marcel Uithoof

 

[Guest]

You want streamless video editing? Go SCSI. Just built a machine for a recording stidio. Their problem? Choppy file transfers. Re-cored w/ an Assus A7V 133 and a 1.2 T-Bird and a 80 Mbs SCSI hard drive. They had the 80 Mbs SCSI card, but were using it for the CD-RW only. Nice smooth sound files now.

 

[arsend]

Another option is to buy an extra RAID PCI card and hook up the 2nd HD to it. SCSI is expensive but it is the best for Digital Editing, you will also want to run Windows 2K or XP and have 512 MB minimum of RAM. Also, is UDMA set up on that board, if it isn't, try nabling it and then run your tests again.

If it works for you then don't fix it.