Simone Posted November 1, 2015 Report Share Posted November 1, 2015 Hi there, I'm a catalyst operator and I want to jump in watchout 6 in order to understand how I can replace catalyst in same cases. My question are focused on the hardware side, I have a media server with an AMD R9 290 with 2 DVI, 1DP and 1 HDMI out. For the next work were I would like to use watchout I have a big ledwall that work with 2 DVI ledwall controllers. With catalyst I'm used to split the big resolution of the ledwall with a datapath x4, with this solution I get a perfect sync between the 2 output of the x4. Can I do the same thing with watchout? What will happen if I connect the ledwall controller directly to the VGA DVI output (with EDID emulator)? Will I get perfect sync? Wath about sync if I use the DP with an MST Hub? Cheers Simone. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Posted November 2, 2015 Report Share Posted November 2, 2015 Hi there, I'm a catalyst operator and I want to jump in watchout 6 in order to understand how I can replace catalyst in same cases. My question are focused on the hardware side, I have a media server with an AMD R9 290 with 2 DVI, 1DP and 1 HDMI out. For the next work were I would like to use watchout I have a big ledwall that work with 2 DVI ledwall controllers. With catalyst I'm used to split the big resolution of the ledwall with a datapath x4, with this solution I get a perfect sync between the 2 output of the x4. Can I do the same thing with watchout? What will happen if I connect the ledwall controller directly to the VGA DVI output (with EDID emulator)? Will I get perfect sync? Wath about sync if I use the DP with an MST Hub? Cheers Simone. You may need a Firepro grade graphic card with S400 sync module (or same grade of Nvidia) with framelock features in this case in order to get a perfect sync. Recently I have a show in order to feed 6 x HD signal for the main LED wall, and it works great wtih Firepro W9100 and S400. hope this help Leonard AVTHK 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Fahl Posted November 2, 2015 Report Share Posted November 2, 2015 If what you want to do can be done with a single WATCHOUT display computer with a single graphics card (which may have multiple outputs, as you probably know), an alternative is to use an NVIDIA card insteda of AMD. While AMD requires a sync card to maintain sync across outputs even within the same card, NVIDIA does so by default. This holds true even on gamer-grade cards, which may allow you to save some money here too. Thus, with NVIDIA you may need sync card when going across multiple computers, but not within a single computer. At least that was the conclusion last I looked at this. Perhaps someone else can confirm if this is still the case. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Leong Posted November 2, 2015 Report Share Posted November 2, 2015 "While AMD requires a sync card to maintain sync across outputs even within the same card, NVIDIA does so by default." Yes, could someone confirm this to be true? The Quadro M4000 (with 8GB VRAM and 4 DP outputs - similar to the Firepro W7100) cost a bit more than the Firepro W7100, but when the S400 is taken into consideration, it is a lot, lot cheaper!! Thomas Leong 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leonard Posted November 3, 2015 Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 I think it was just a package that sync module come with the graphic cards likeNVIDIA QUADRO M4000 SYNC, QUADRO M5000 SYNC, QUADRO M6000 SYNC,, but physically there was 2 cards in the box. Leonard 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simone Posted November 3, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 3, 2015 Thank you all for your suggestions, as soon I buy the license key a I will start testing with my R9 290 VGA and figure out if it fit my needs, for now I'm doing some testing using two DVI monitor grouped with eyefinity and trying to play same video with arkaos. My goal is to understand how god is sync between DVI outs but I'm having a problem of video artifacts as you can see in link below. I played a strobe effect with arkaos, as you can see on the right monitor there is an horizontal line going from down to up. Has anyone had experience with this problem? https://youtu.be/n_YdYPdyQVk 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisejs Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Hello, I have one more noob question that comes to me after reading this threat: Do I have to use S 400 sync card for this setup / purpose: One watchnet computer. Two watchpoint computers, withSapphire AMD FirePro W7100 cards (4 outputs each computer) This setup should play 8 videos (8 outputs) blended and in total sync creating one big screen - picture. Thank`s for answer 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Leong Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Quote: "I have one more noob question that comes to me after reading this threat:" Er...matter of correct semantics. The correct word is 'thread', not 'threat'!! Heavens of Murgatroy forbid! Back on topic, you do not need the S400 Sync card since your outputs are blended. The sync between the 2 Watchpoint PCs should be good, or better than good. The S400 is recommended for LED display walls where blending is not used. Many of us here do not use the S400 in our Watchpoint PCs, and have not had a problem with sync. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fisejs Posted December 10, 2015 Report Share Posted December 10, 2015 Yes, I definitely meant "thread" thank`s for correction and for the answer. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maroof Posted January 4, 2016 Report Share Posted January 4, 2016 Thank you all for your suggestions, as soon I buy the license key a I will start testing with my R9 290 VGA and figure out if it fit my needs, for now I'm doing some testing using two DVI monitor grouped with eyefinity and trying to play same video with arkaos. My goal is to understand how god is sync between DVI outs but I'm having a problem of video artifacts as you can see in link below. I played a strobe effect with arkaos, as you can see on the right monitor there is an horizontal line going from down to up. Has anyone had experience with this problem? https://youtu.be/n_YdYPdyQVk Its because your display hertz are not supported make it 60hz and try again 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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