If you have the choice, go with the Z800s.
Or even live on the edge a bit and go with the Z820s and hope they get certified soon.
--- In Avid-L2@yahoogroups.com, Greg Davis <gregorykdavis@...> wrote:
>
> Our IT department is trying to quickly spec out a pair of workstations to
> take advantage of the Symphony crossgrade promotion. Here's the
> correspondence with Avid, and we were looking for second (and third and
> fourth) opinions as to whether we need to spring for new hardware.
>
>
>
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>
> Entered By :
>
> Entered on : 5/29/2012 6:39 PM
>
>
> If you are requesting for a quotation of workstation that will work with
> Symphony 6, I believe I already showed it to you, but let me give it again.
> Here is the link.
> http://cdn.pinnaclesys.com/supportfiles/attach/mediacomposer_versionmatrix.pdf
>
> As mentioned previously, we have qualified workstations and if you have
> other workstation that you'd like to work with Symphony, you can always use
> the 30 day trial of the software.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> AVID
>
> Entered By : Customer ( Integration)
>
> Entered on : 5/29/2012 6:00 PM
>
> I have several more questions:
>
>
> 1. Could I use a Nvidia Quadro 2000 graphics card with the Dell Optiplex
> 990 workstation listed below for the AVID Symphony 6 software?
>
> 2. We have another computer laptop that we would like to consider for Avid
> Symphony 6 workstation, will these specs qualify:
>
> Dell Precision M4500, Intel Core i7-740QM 1.73 GHz 6MB, 8.0GB RAM, Nvidia
> Quadro FX 1800M, 256GB Solid State hard drive
>
>
> Entered By :
>
> Entered on : 5/23/2012 12:47 PM
>
>
> I showed your PC specs and aside from the video card which the
> recommendation was to use nVIDIA Quadro, both system should be fine. For
> the PCI slots, since this workstations are not tested we dont have any
> specific requirements to give.
>
>
> Best regards,
>
> AVID
>
> Entered By : Customer ( Integration)
>
> Entered on : 5/22/2012 4:12 PM
>
>
> We currently own two different Dell workstations:
>
> 1. Dell Optiplex 990
> http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/optiplex-990/pd
> Basic Specs:
> Core i7-2600, 3.4GHz, 8M,
> 16GB,Non-ECC,1333MHz DDR3
> 512MB AMD RADEON HD 6350 Graphics Dual DVI
> 500GB HYBRID, SATA 3.0Gb/s and 16MB Data Burst (RAID1)
> USB 3.0
>
> 2. Dell Precision T7500
> http://www.dell.com/us/business/p/precision-t7500/fs
> Basic Specs:
> Six Core Intel Xeon Processor X5675, 3.06GHz 12M L3, 6.4GT/s,FPWS T7500
> 12GB DDR3 ECC SDRAM Memory,1333MHz
> 2GB nVIDIA Quadro 4000,Dual Monitor, 2DP and 1DVI
> 1.5TB SATA 3.0Gb/s,7200 RPM Hard Drive Hard Drive with 32MB
> DataBurstCache,Dell Precision TX500
>
>
>
> We would prefer to use the Optiplex 990 workstation for the next 4 years.
> we understand that we may need to purchase a replacement Nvidia video card.
>
> Please let us know if the Dell workstations qualifies for the AVID Symphony
> 6. I am not clear what are the requirements for the PCI slots, could you
> please clarify.
>
>
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