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V12 Card and xbox 1.3 Octane 2
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V12 Card and xbox 1.3 Octane 2
What would happen if a V12 gfx was used on an Octane with XBow 1.3? Would the card operate as a V8 assuming the only difference between the V8 and V12 is the geometry speed. Thoughts?

I am having a hard time sourcing a back place with XBow 1.4.
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10-21-2019, 05:29 PM
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RE: V12 Card and xbox 1.3 Octane 2
(10-21-2019, 05:29 PM)bjames Wrote:  What would happen if a V12 gfx was used on an Octane with XBow 1.3? Would the card operate as a V8 assuming the only difference between the V8 and V12 is the geometry speed. Thoughts?

I am having a hard time sourcing a back place with XBow 1.4.

You will need a XBow 1.4.

Unfortunately they're quite pricy, if you buy them as single units:

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10-21-2019, 05:30 PM
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RE: V12 Card and xbox 1.3 Octane 2
Yeah.. I see that. I have a V12 board coming in that I bought a week or so ago. I remember seen a number of them on line last year but now they are getting hard to find.
Octane 2x600mhz R14000 Octane2 dual head V12 / V10, 7 gig Ram
Octane 2x250mhz R10000 2gig ram, MXE, Digital Video, MSCSI, Jaleo
1600SW O2 400mhz R12000 O2, 1gig Ram AV1  - 250gig Media' raid
Indy 180mhz R5000 Indy XZ 256mb ram
Indigo2 200mhz R4400 Extreme…….Under Construction
Dell T7600 dual 3.5 Xeon, 512 gb ram, Quadro K6000 + Tesla k20 - DaVinci Resolve Studio Editing
Dell T5500 dual 3.2 Xeon, 72gb ram, Quadro 6000 + Tesla C2075 - DaVinci Resolve Studio Cutting
Intel i7-990x 3.46GHz Extreme 6 core / Quadro 5000 & 2 x Tesla C2075 / 24gig Ram inside an SGI 320vw case
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10-21-2019, 07:20 PM
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(10-21-2019, 07:20 PM)bjames Wrote:  Yeah.. I see that. I have a V12 board coming in that I bought a week or so ago. I remember seen a number of them on line last year but now they are getting hard to find.

Nice! Smile

Hang in there and start an eBay search for a front-plane fitted with an Xbow 1.4. One's bound to pop up eventually!
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10-21-2019, 07:36 PM
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Where are you located?
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11-03-2019, 11:42 AM
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RE: V12 Card and xbox 1.3 Octane 2
I’m in Alberta Canada. I do have a 1.4 board coming from Mashek systems. So hopefully I will be in business soon.
Octane 2x600mhz R14000 Octane2 dual head V12 / V10, 7 gig Ram
Octane 2x250mhz R10000 2gig ram, MXE, Digital Video, MSCSI, Jaleo
1600SW O2 400mhz R12000 O2, 1gig Ram AV1  - 250gig Media' raid
Indy 180mhz R5000 Indy XZ 256mb ram
Indigo2 200mhz R4400 Extreme…….Under Construction
Dell T7600 dual 3.5 Xeon, 512 gb ram, Quadro K6000 + Tesla k20 - DaVinci Resolve Studio Editing
Dell T5500 dual 3.2 Xeon, 72gb ram, Quadro 6000 + Tesla C2075 - DaVinci Resolve Studio Cutting
Intel i7-990x 3.46GHz Extreme 6 core / Quadro 5000 & 2 x Tesla C2075 / 24gig Ram inside an SGI 320vw case
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11-09-2019, 01:14 AM
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(11-09-2019, 01:14 AM)bjames Wrote:  I’m in Alberta Canada. I do have a 1.4 board coming from Mashek systems. So hopefully I will be in business soon.

Thats great to hear! The V12 will be a huge upgrade! Smile
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11-09-2019, 05:05 AM
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RE: V12 Card and xbox 1.3 Octane 2
Yeah.. I have been waiting a while to install this. I’m curious to see who much of a performance boost I will see in Maya 6.5 coming from a emxi gfx system.

BTW irinikis, I love your videos you have been posting.. keep up the great work..
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Octane 2x250mhz R10000 2gig ram, MXE, Digital Video, MSCSI, Jaleo
1600SW O2 400mhz R12000 O2, 1gig Ram AV1  - 250gig Media' raid
Indy 180mhz R5000 Indy XZ 256mb ram
Indigo2 200mhz R4400 Extreme…….Under Construction
Dell T7600 dual 3.5 Xeon, 512 gb ram, Quadro K6000 + Tesla k20 - DaVinci Resolve Studio Editing
Dell T5500 dual 3.2 Xeon, 72gb ram, Quadro 6000 + Tesla C2075 - DaVinci Resolve Studio Cutting
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