HenryBell

Hi Everyone, I just wanted to follow up on this topic since I got so much great advice here. I was wondering what you all thought about the Zotac Magnus 1060 w/4 video outputs and the option of ssd (OS) and NVme (assets). 210mm x 203mm x 62.2mm 2.65liters Looking forward to your replies.

Hello All, I was wandering if anyone has had a chance to run Watchout on a Ryzen CPU whether it be production or display. Are there any plans to support this on the roadmap? It seems to me that its multiple cores would be an advantage for video decompression. Thanks in advance. Kind Regards Henry

Hi Guys, Thanks! You guys are good and make some great points. Windows 10, Kaby Lake and Watchout 6 still make me nervous, that is why I was looking at the Skylake option so that I could revert to Windows 7 if necesarry. @Morgan - I would like to have 6 but 4 is the minimum @Benoit - I looked into the Watchpax 4 but video capture of 2 to 3 sources is essential. I read elsewhere on the forum that you cannot add USB capture @Thomas I am going to ask on the Alienware forum to see how the external graphics amplifier changes system settings. I was thinking of getting a relatively inexpensive Expresscard to E-GPU adaptor to see how Watchout handles external enclosures and though I don't think it is the same it would be a less expensive loss if it doesn't work. I read that the external PCIE enclosure bypasses the onboard graphics. Would this be the same as Intergrated intel graphics on a desktop and then a GPU in a PCIE port? @jfk The thunderbolt 3 would be for video capture. I thought it might handle more than one capture device better than usb3 (maybe a combination of the two would work while we are speaking hypothetically one USB3 on the laptop and another USB3 on the thunderbolt bus so they are not sharing resources). The Blackmagic website states that the Ultrastudio mini recorder is Windows7 Compatible, which doesn't inspire much confidence. The port is Thunderbolt 3 but I think the devices are of a previous incarnation (Thunderbolt 1?). As I understand it, the graphics amplifier port on the back of the laptop is a proprietary PCIE connector - here are a few snippets that I found that might shed more light. "The Graphics Amplifier is a desktop enclosure that offers a PCI Express connection to a desktop-class GPU and power supply, along with a four-port USB 3.0 hub, all connected to the laptop through a proprietary port. The Graphics Amplifier works with the laptop, and when connected to the system, registers as the laptop's primary graphics card, bypassing the onboard GPU and offering desktop-class performance for higher frame rates and the option to run one or more external monitors. Unlike past external-GPU solutions, which would cause a system crash if disconnected while the PC was running, this setup simply reboots the system to switch over to the onboard graphics hardware." "Why not Thunderbolt? Alienware customers expect the fastest possible performance available in any product that carries the Alienware logo. The Alienware Graphics Amplifier port offers the highest performance connection to an external graphics card. Intel’s Thunderbolt technology offers many benefits and has a growing ecosystem of external devices, but all of those devices share the same bandwidth. Thanks again and I look forward to more of y'alls valuable insights Henry

Hello Everyone, My main Watchout display rig works perfectly, except it is big, heavy and on my last trip, the airlines banged it up badly enough that it requires repairs. (fortunately on the return flight!!) I wanted to see if anyone could come up with technical reasons against an Alienware 15 i7 6700HQ 2 SSDs on Win 7 with a graphics amplifier housing an AMD Eyefinity graphics card and two thunderbolt 3 UltraStudio MiniRecorders for Live video capture and PPT capture. Any input would be greatly appreciated. Kind Regards, Henry