Max. number of decklinks on a desktop

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Filipe Borges

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Max. number of decklinks on a desktop

PostTue Apr 17, 2018 7:11 pm

Hello,

I'm looking to add 3x Decklink 8k Pro (as soon as they ship out) to a single desktop in order to have 10 separate input/sources available. Since it will be a first time working with these "capture cards", are there any incompatibilities on having 3 cards connect to the same desktop? Or has anyone experienced issues with this? (Assuming the computer can handle it)
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Andrew Kolakowski

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Re: Max. number of decklinks on a desktop

PostTue Apr 17, 2018 9:51 pm

Hard to say. Recent BM drivers should allow for multiple cards in 1 system, but this is not 100% confirmed. There were issue with such a usage in the past. BM cards are not the best for such a cases. You would be way better with AJA or Bluefish444- their SDK is much more polished and features packed.

You either need to ask BM support or best simple try it :)
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Re: Max. number of decklinks on a desktop

PostWed Apr 18, 2018 12:37 pm

And you choose the 8K version because of 12G?? I guess you need a very tough machine to handle that.. And be sure your motherboard has seperate lanes to all PCI-E slots.. If they share lanes i highly doubt you can get the right troughput..

But i'm following this tread.. Please let us know what hardware you choose and the outcome and stability of that system.
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Re: Max. number of decklinks on a desktop

PostWed Apr 18, 2018 12:47 pm

8K PRO is gen3 x8 card, so this is nothing that crazy if you need 3x x8 slots. Any bit decent machine can deliver this.

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